#D8494B#D8494B

#D8494B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.179 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8494B
RGB	rgb(216, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 65.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, 55.95, 30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 63.59, 28.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% 0.1644 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.179 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9747, 19.8765, 8.8081)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8494B #49D8D6

analogous

#D84993 #D8494B #D88F49

triadic

#D8494B #4BD849 #494BD8

tetradic

#D8494B #93D849 #49D8D6 #8F49D8

square

#D8494B #93D849 #49D8D6 #8F49D8

split-complementary

#D8494B #49D88F #4993D8

monochromatic

#891D1F #BC282A #D8494B #E37B7D #EEAEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#D8494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#D8494B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D8494B

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8494B	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED254B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.179 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec837d',
    500: '#d8494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8494b;
$custom-light: #ec837d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.161,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60517,
    "c": 0.17919,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8494B

secondary

#A1DCDB

accent

#E8E540

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8494B

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

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