#E04542#E04542

#E04542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.192 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04542
RGB	rgb(224, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.2%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 59.61, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 69.93, 31.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.1732 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.192 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8557, 20.5019, 7.3278)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04542 #42DDE0

analogous

#E0428E #E04542 #E09442

triadic

#E04542 #42E045 #4542E0

tetradic

#E04542 #8EE042 #42DDE0 #9442E0

square

#E04542 #8EE042 #42DDE0 #9442E0

split-complementary

#E04542 #42E094 #428EE0

monochromatic

#901A18 #C52320 #E04542 #E97977 #F1ACAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#E04542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#E04542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04542

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04542	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F61046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.192 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28277',
    500: '#e04542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04542;
$custom-light: #f28277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.139,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61261,
    "c": 0.19236,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04542

secondary

#9FDEDF

accent

#EBEF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04542

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

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