#E04242#E04242

#E04242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.195 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04242
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 66)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, 60.71, 36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 70.64, 30.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1767 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.195 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6758, 20.1421, 7.2678)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04242 #42E0E0

analogous

#E04291 #E04242 #E09142

triadic

#E04242 #42E042 #4242E0

tetradic

#E04242 #91E042 #42E0E0 #9142E0

square

#E04242 #91E042 #42E0E0 #9142E0

split-complementary

#E04242 #42E091 #4291E0

monochromatic

#901818 #C52020 #E04242 #E97777 #F1ABAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#E04242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#E04242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04242

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04242	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F60144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.195 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28176',
    500: '#e04242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04242;
$custom-light: #f28176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6096,
    "c": 0.19507,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04242

secondary

#9FDFDF

accent

#EFEF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04242

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

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