#E6494C#E6494C

#E6494C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.194 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6494C
RGB	rgb(230, 73, 76)
HSL	hsl(359, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 67%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 60.48, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 69.00, 28.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.1772 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.194 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3240, 22.1152, 9.1920)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6494C #49E6E3

analogous

#E6499A #E6494C #E69549

triadic

#E6494C #4CE649 #494CE6

tetradic

#E6494C #9AE649 #49E6E3 #9549E6

square

#E6494C #9AE649 #49E6E3 #9549E6

split-complementary

#E6494C #49E695 #499AE6

monochromatic

#9F1618 #D51D21 #E6494C #ED7F81 #F5B5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#E6494C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#E6494C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E6494C

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6494C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6494C	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#746C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC1A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6494c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 73, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.194 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6857e',
    500: '#e6494c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6494c;
$custom-light: #f6857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6494c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.854,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62807,
    "c": 0.1935,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6494C

secondary

#A7E4E3

accent

#F2EF35

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6494C

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

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