#DB6559#DB6559

#DB6559 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.150 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DB6559
RGB	rgb(219, 101, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 45.30, 29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 53.87, 32.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.1331 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.151 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6733, 25.0930, 12.4141)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DB6559 #59CFDB

analogous

#DB598E #DB6559 #DBA659

triadic

#DB6559 #59DB65 #6559DB

tetradic

#DB6559 #8EDB59 #59CFDB #A659DB

square

#DB6559 #8EDB59 #59CFDB #A659DB

split-complementary

#DB6559 #59DBA6 #598EDB

monochromatic

#992C21 #CB3B2C #DB6559 #E6948B #F1C2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#DB6559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#DB6559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DB6559

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DB6559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DB6559	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EF5063

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #db6559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(219, 101, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.150 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec9488',
    500: '#db6559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #db6559;
$custom-light: #ec9488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#db6559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 219,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.538,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64801,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DB6559

secondary

#AFDCE1

accent

#BCCC19

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DB6559

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

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