#DE4949#DE4949

#DE4949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.186 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE4949
RGB	rgb(222, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 57.78, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 66.47, 29.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% 0.1691 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.186 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7129, 20.7806, 8.5379)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE4949 #49DEDE

analogous

#DE4993 #DE4949 #DE9349

triadic

#DE4949 #49DE49 #4949DE

tetradic

#DE4949 #93DE49 #49DEDE #9349DE

square

#DE4949 #93DE49 #49DEDE #9349DE

split-complementary

#DE4949 #49DE93 #4993DE

monochromatic

#921A1A #C62424 #DE4949 #E77D7D #F1B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#DE4949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#DE4949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE4949

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE4949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE4949	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3204B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de4949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.186 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0847c',
    500: '#de4949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de4949;
$custom-light: #f0847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de4949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61458,
    "c": 0.18566,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE4949

secondary

#A4DFDF

accent

#ECEC3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE4949

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

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