#DB5E56#DB5E56

#DB5E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.159 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB5E56
RGB	rgb(219, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 48.43, 29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 56.54, 31.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.1424 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.159 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8990, 23.7418, 11.5471)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB5E56 #56D3DB

analogous

#DB5691 #DB5E56 #DBA156

triadic

#DB5E56 #56DB5E #5E56DB

tetradic

#DB5E56 #91DB56 #56D3DB #A156DB

square

#DB5E56 #91DB56 #56D3DB #A156DB

split-complementary

#DB5E56 #56DBA1 #5691DB

monochromatic

#972720 #C9342B #DB5E56 #E68E88 #F0BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#DB5E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#DB5E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB5E56

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB5E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB5E56	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db5e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.159 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9085',
    500: '#db5e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db5e56;
$custom-light: #ec9085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db5e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.609,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63773,
    "c": 0.15868,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB5E56

secondary

#ADDDE0

accent

#DEE840

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB5E56

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

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