#DE494F#DE494F

#DE494F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.185 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DE494F
RGB	rgb(222, 73, 79)
HSL	hsl(358, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, 58.11, 29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 65.17, 26.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.1713 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.185 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9215, 20.8640, 9.6366)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DE494F #49DED8

analogous

#DE4999 #DE494F #DE8D49

triadic

#DE494F #4FDE49 #494FDE

tetradic

#DE494F #99DE49 #49DED8 #8D49DE

square

#DE494F #99DE49 #49DED8 #8D49DE

split-complementary

#DE494F #49DE8D #4999DE

monochromatic

#921A1F #C6242A #DE494F #E77D81 #F1B1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#DE494F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#DE494F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #DE494F

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DE494F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DE494F	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)

#716A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3224D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #de494f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 73, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.185 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08480',
    500: '#de494f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #de494f;
$custom-light: #f08480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#de494f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.584,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61556,
    "c": 0.18503,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DE494F

secondary

#A4DFDD

accent

#ECE53C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DE494F

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

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