#DB6251#DB6251

#DB6251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.155 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB6251
RGB	rgb(219, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 46.21, 32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 56.68, 35.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.1346 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.155 30)
XYZ	xyz(35.0695, 24.3939, 10.6447)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB6251 #51CADB

analogous

#DB5185 #DB6251 #DBA751

triadic

#DB6251 #51DB62 #6251DB

tetradic

#DB6251 #85DB51 #51CADB #A751DB

square

#DB6251 #85DB51 #51CADB #A751DB

split-complementary

#DB6251 #51DBA7 #5185DB

monochromatic

#932D1E #C63C29 #DB6251 #E59084 #F0BEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#DB6251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#DB6251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB6251

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB6251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB6251	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81774F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF4B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db6251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.155 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9282',
    500: '#db6251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db6251;
$custom-light: #ec9282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db6251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.391,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64241,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.2439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB6251

secondary

#A9D8DF

accent

#D4E93F

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#170D0A

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB6251

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

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