Rubylicious `#DB1459`

Rubylicious (#DB1459) is a mid-tone, vivid pink with an OKLCH hue of 10°, lightness 0.57 and chroma 0.222. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#DB1459`
RGB	`rgb(219, 20, 89)`
HSL	`hsl(339, 83%, 47%)`
HSV	`hsv(339, 91%, 86%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 91%, 59%, 14%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(47.3 72.1 16.2)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.575 0.222 10)`

How Rubylicious behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Rubylicious is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #db0653 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #de0f57 — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #db1459 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #dc155a — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Rubylicious in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.93:1 and against black 4.26:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Rubylicious

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffbac3 · #ff748e · #db1459 · #b00044 · #75002a · #400013

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#f27139 · #ea4a44 · #db1459 · #b80d6e · #930f79 · #6e107b

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#ff9a27 · #c78649 · #db1459 · #ab0242 · #7d002e · #3d1f00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00e1d9 · #bf8990 · #db1459 · #903649 · #691a2e · #3d0b17

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#dbf9f6 · #ad898d · #db1459 · #4f6462 · #3d1b21 · #000202

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e7f5f4 · #bccdcc · #8ea1a0 · #0e2928 · #000706 · #db1459

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d5dab5 · #38c7a0 · #db1459 · #795582 · #2b3b2c · #1d0903

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#c6fffb · #00af74 · #db1459 · #006a82 · #00301c · #000408

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e3fccd · #6da809 · #db1459 · #0061aa · #00284c · #010600

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#fbf4c0 · #a79500 · #db1459 · #006e6a · #220074 · #000202

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#E94A70 · #F66D87 · #FF8EA0 · #FFB2BC · #FFD2D7

Shades

#B90048 · #950038 · #720029 · #52001B · #34000D

Muted

#C93F60 · #B75567 · #A2646D

Using Rubylicious

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.