#DB5E55#DB5E55

#DB5E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.159 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5E55
RGB	rgb(219, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 48.37, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 56.77, 31.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% 0.142 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.159 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8590, 23.7258, 11.3364)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5E55 #55D2DB

analogous

#DB558F #DB5E55 #DBA155

triadic

#DB5E55 #55DB5E #5E55DB

tetradic

#DB5E55 #8FDB55 #55D2DB #A155DB

square

#DB5E55 #8FDB55 #55D2DB #A155DB

split-complementary

#DB5E55 #55DBA1 #558FDB

monochromatic

#962820 #C8352A #DB5E55 #E68E88 #F0BEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#DB5E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#DB5E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5E55

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5E55	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF465D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.159 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9085',
    500: '#db5e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5e55;
$custom-light: #ec9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.03,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63756,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5E55

secondary

#ACDCE0

accent

#DDE840

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5E55

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

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