#E6494A#E6494A

#E6494A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.194 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6494A
RGB	rgb(230, 73, 74)
HSL	hsl(360, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 60.38, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 69.45, 29.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.1765 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.194 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2556, 22.0878, 8.8315)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6494A #49E6E5

analogous

#E64999 #E6494A #E69749

triadic

#E6494A #4AE649 #494AE6

tetradic

#E6494A #99E649 #49E6E5 #9749E6

square

#E6494A #99E649 #49E6E5 #9749E6

split-complementary

#E6494A #49E697 #4999E6

monochromatic

#9F1617 #D51D1E #E6494A #ED7F80 #F5B5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#E6494A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#E6494A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E6494A

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6494A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6494A	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC1A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6494a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 73, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.194 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6857c',
    500: '#e6494a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6494a;
$custom-light: #f6857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6494a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.618,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62776,
    "c": 0.19373,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6494A

secondary

#A7E4E4

accent

#F2F135

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6494A

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

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