#E7494C#E7494C

#E7494C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.195 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7494C
RGB	rgb(231, 73, 76)
HSL	hsl(359, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 67.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.32, 60.79, 33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.32, 69.40, 28.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.1781 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.195 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6459, 22.2811, 9.2071)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7494C #49E7E4

analogous

#E7499B #E7494C #E79549

triadic

#E7494C #4CE749 #494CE7

tetradic

#E7494C #9BE749 #49E7E4 #9549E7

square

#E7494C #9BE749 #49E7E4 #9549E7

split-complementary

#E7494C #49E795 #499BE7

monochromatic

#A01518 #D71C20 #E7494C #EE7F81 #F5B5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#E7494C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#E7494C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E7494C

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7494C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7494C	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD1A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7494c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 73, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.195 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7857e',
    500: '#e7494c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7494c;
$custom-light: #f7857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7494c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.861,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6297,
    "c": 0.19451,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7494C

secondary

#A7E5E3

accent

#F3F035

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7494C

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

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