#DE494B#DE494B

#DE494B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.185 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE494B
RGB	rgb(222, 73, 75)
HSL	hsl(359, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, 57.88, 31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 66.02, 28.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.1698 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.185 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7803, 20.8075, 8.8927)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE494B #49DEDC

analogous

#DE4995 #DE494B #DE9249

triadic

#DE494B #4BDE49 #494BDE

tetradic

#DE494B #95DE49 #49DEDC #9249DE

square

#DE494B #95DE49 #49DEDC #9249DE

split-complementary

#DE494B #49DE92 #4995DE

monochromatic

#921A1C #C62426 #DE494B #E77D7E #F1B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#DE494B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#DE494B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE494B

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE494B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE494B	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)

#726A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3214B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de494b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 73, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.185 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0847d',
    500: '#de494b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de494b;
$custom-light: #f0847d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de494b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.195,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61489,
    "c": 0.18543,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE494B

secondary

#A4DFDE

accent

#ECEA3C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE494B

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

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