#DE493B#DE493B

#DE493B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.188 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE493B
RGB	rgb(222, 73, 59)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, 57.11, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 70.04, 35.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.1642 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.188 29)
XYZ	xyz(33.2998, 20.6153, 6.3626)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE493B #3BD0DE

analogous

#DE3B7F #DE493B #DE9A3B

triadic

#DE493B #3BDE49 #493BDE

tetradic

#DE493B #7FDE3B #3BD0DE #9A3BDE

square

#DE493B #7FDE3B #3BD0DE #9A3BDE

split-complementary

#DE493B #3BDE9A #3B7FDE

monochromatic

#882117 #BC2D20 #DE493B #E77A6F #F0AAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#DE493B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#DE493B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE493B

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE493B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE493B	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F41B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de493b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 73, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.188 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18472',
    500: '#de493b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de493b;
$custom-light: #f18472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de493b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.153,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61262,
    "c": 0.18772,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.2061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE493B

secondary

#98D7DD

accent

#DEEE3A

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE493B

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

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