#E6494E#E6494E
#E6494E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.193 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6494E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 73, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 68%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 66.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.18, 60.59, 32.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.18, 68.56, 27.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.84% 0.178 0.0754) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.84% 0.193 23) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.3946, 22.1434, 9.5639) |
| Luminance | 0.2214 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.76
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.02
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 3.77
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 3.87
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 3.90
Pinky Red
#FC2647
ΔE00 3.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6494E #49E6E1
analogous
#E6499D #E6494E #E69349
triadic
#E6494E #4EE649 #494EE6
tetradic
#E6494E #9DE649 #49E6E1 #9349E6
square
#E6494E #9DE649 #49E6E1 #9349E6
split-complementary
#E6494E #49E693 #499DE6
monochromatic
#9F161A #D51D23 #E6494E #ED7F82 #F5B5B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.87
#E6494E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.43
#E6494E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E6494E
5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6494E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6494E | 1.00 | 3.87 | 5.43 | 5.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.87 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#746C4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C8E49
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC1B4C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6494e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 73, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.193 23.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6857f',
500: '#e6494e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6494e; $custom-light: #f6857f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6494e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 73,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.089,
"s": 75.845,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62839,
"c": 0.1933,
"h": 23
},
"luminance": 0.22138
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6494E
secondary
#A7E4E2
accent
#F2EC35
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190C0A
muted
#867D7C