#DE494D#DE494D

#DE494D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.185 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE494D
RGB	rgb(222, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, 58.00, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 65.58, 27.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.52% 0.1705 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(61.52% 0.185 23)
XYZ	xyz(33.8498, 20.8353, 9.2589)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE494D #49DEDA

analogous

#DE4998 #DE494D #DE8F49

triadic

#DE494D #4DDE49 #494DDE

tetradic

#DE494D #98DE49 #49DEDA #8F49DE

square

#DE494D #98DE49 #49DEDA #8F49DE

split-complementary

#DE494D #49DE8F #4998DE

monochromatic

#921A1E #C62428 #DE494D #E77D80 #F1B1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#DE494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#DE494D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE494D

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE494D	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3224C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.185 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0847f',
    500: '#de494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de494d;
$custom-light: #f0847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.389,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61522,
    "c": 0.18522,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.20831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE494D

secondary

#A4DFDE

accent

#ECE73C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE494D

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

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