#D9494B#D9494B

#D9494B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.180 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9494B
RGB	rgb(217, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 56.27, 30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 63.99, 28.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.1653 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.18 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2711, 20.0294, 8.8220)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9494B #49D9D7

analogous

#D94993 #D9494B #D98F49

triadic

#D9494B #4BD949 #494BD9

tetradic

#D9494B #93D949 #49D9D7 #8F49D9

square

#D9494B #93D949 #49D9D7 #8F49D9

split-complementary

#D9494B #49D98F #4993D9

monochromatic

#8B1D1E #BD282A #D9494B #E47C7D #EEAEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#D9494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#D9494B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D9494B

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9494B	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70684A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EE244B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.180 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ec837d',
    500: '#d9494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9494b;
$custom-light: #ec837d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60678,
    "c": 0.18024,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9494B

secondary

#A2DCDB

accent

#E8E63F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9494B

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

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