#E04259#E04259

#E04259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.194 H 16.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04259
RGB	rgb(224, 66, 89)
HSL	hsl(351, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 61.98, 23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 66.14, 20.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% 0.1852 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.194 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4953, 20.4699, 11.5839)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04259 #42E0C9

analogous

#E042A8 #E04259 #E07A42

triadic

#E04259 #59E042 #4259E0

tetradic

#E04259 #A8E042 #42E0C9 #7A42E0

square

#E04259 #A8E042 #42E0C9 #7A42E0

split-complementary

#E04259 #42E07A #42A8E0

monochromatic

#901829 #C52038 #E04259 #E97787 #F1ABB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#E04259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#E04259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04259

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04259	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5144C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 66, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.194 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18187',
    500: '#e04259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04259;
$custom-light: #f18187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.266,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61352,
    "c": 0.19358,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04259

secondary

#9FDFD6

accent

#EFD439

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFEFEF

border

#D7CACA

text

#180B0B

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04259

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

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