#DE4849#DE4849

#DE4849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.187 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4849
RGB	rgb(222, 72, 73)
HSL	hsl(360, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, 58.17, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 66.72, 29.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1703 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.187 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6477, 20.6502, 8.5162)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4849 #48DEDD

analogous

#DE4894 #DE4849 #DE9248

triadic

#DE4849 #49DE48 #4849DE

tetradic

#DE4849 #94DE48 #48DEDD #9248DE

square

#DE4849 #94DE48 #48DEDD #9248DE

split-complementary

#DE4849 #48DE92 #4894DE

monochromatic

#911A1B #C52425 #DE4849 #E77C7D #F1B0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#DE4849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#DE4849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4849

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4849	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F31E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 72, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.187 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0837c',
    500: '#de4849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4849;
$custom-light: #f0837c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.6,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6135,
    "c": 0.18663,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4849

secondary

#A3DFDF

accent

#ECEB3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4849

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

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