#E04251#E04251

#E04251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.194 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04251
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 81)
HSL	hsl(354, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(354, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 61.49, 27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 67.42, 24.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.1822 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.194 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1774, 20.3428, 9.9099)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04251 #42E0D1

analogous

#E042A0 #E04251 #E08242

triadic

#E04251 #51E042 #4251E0

tetradic

#E04251 #A0E042 #42E0D1 #8242E0

square

#E04251 #A0E042 #42E0D1 #8242E0

split-complementary

#E04251 #42E082 #42A0E0

monochromatic

#901823 #C52030 #E04251 #E97781 #F1ABB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#E04251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#E04251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04251

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04251	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95894D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F50E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.194 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18181',
    500: '#e04251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04251;
$custom-light: #f18181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.304,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.612,
    "c": 0.19376,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04251

secondary

#9FDFD9

accent

#EFDD39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFEE

border

#D7CAC9

text

#180B0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04251

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

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