#DB5E51#DB5E51

#DB5E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.160 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5E51
RGB	rgb(219, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 48.10, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 57.73, 33.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.1405 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.16 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7045, 23.6640, 10.5231)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5E51 #51CEDB

analogous

#DB5189 #DB5E51 #DBA351

triadic

#DB5E51 #51DB5E #5E51DB

tetradic

#DB5E51 #89DB51 #51CEDB #A351DB

square

#DB5E51 #89DB51 #51CEDB #A351DB

split-complementary

#DB5E51 #51DBA3 #5189DB

monochromatic

#93291E #C63829 #DB5E51 #E58D84 #F0BCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#DB5E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#DB5E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5E51

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5E51	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.160 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ed9082',
    500: '#db5e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5e51;
$custom-light: #ed9082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.652,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63689,
    "c": 0.15961,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5E51

secondary

#A9DADF

accent

#D9E93F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5E51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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