#D8494E#D8494E

#D8494E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.179 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8494E
RGB	rgb(216, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(358, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, 56.12, 28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 62.95, 26.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.1655 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.179 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0798, 19.9186, 9.3617)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8494E #49D8D3

analogous

#D84996 #D8494E #D88C49

triadic

#D8494E #4ED849 #494ED8

tetradic

#D8494E #96D849 #49D8D3 #8C49D8

square

#D8494E #96D849 #49D8D3 #8C49D8

split-complementary

#D8494E #49D88C #4996D8

monochromatic

#891D21 #BC282D #D8494E #E37B7F #EEAEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#D8494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#D8494E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D8494E

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8494E	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93874A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ED264C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.179 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eb837f',
    500: '#d8494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8494e;
$custom-light: #eb837f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.902,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60568,
    "c": 0.17889,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8494E

secondary

#A1DCDA

accent

#E8E240

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8494E

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

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