#DE494C#DE494C

#DE494C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.185 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE494C
RGB	rgb(222, 73, 76)
HSL	hsl(359, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 57.94, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 65.80, 28.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.1702 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.185 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8148, 20.8213, 9.0744)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE494C #49DEDB

analogous

#DE4996 #DE494C #DE9049

triadic

#DE494C #4CDE49 #494CDE

tetradic

#DE494C #96DE49 #49DEDB #9049DE

square

#DE494C #96DE49 #49DEDB #9049DE

split-complementary

#DE494C #49DE90 #4996DE

monochromatic

#921A1D #C62427 #DE494C #E77D7F #F1B1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#DE494C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#DE494C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE494C

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE494C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE494C	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)

#716A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3214C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de494c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 73, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.185 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0847e',
    500: '#de494c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de494c;
$custom-light: #f0847e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de494c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.792,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61506,
    "c": 0.18532,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE494C

secondary

#A4DFDE

accent

#ECE93C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE494C

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

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