#DE493F#DE493F

#DE493F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.187 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE493F
RGB	rgb(222, 73, 63)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 71.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 57.29, 38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 68.95, 33.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.1655 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.187 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4076, 20.6584, 6.9300)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE493F #3FD4DE

analogous

#DE3F84 #DE493F #DE993F

triadic

#DE493F #3FDE49 #493FDE

tetradic

#DE493F #84DE3F #3FD4DE #993FDE

square

#DE493F #84DE3F #3FD4DE #993FDE

split-complementary

#DE493F #3FDE99 #3F84DE

monochromatic

#8B1F18 #BF2B21 #DE493F #E77B73 #F0ACA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#DE493F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#DE493F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE493F

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE493F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE493F	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)

#73693D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F41D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de493f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 73, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.187 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18475',
    500: '#de493f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de493f;
$custom-light: #f18475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de493f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.774,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61313,
    "c": 0.18707,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE493F

secondary

#9BD9DD

accent

#E2ED3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE493F

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

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