#E04742#E04742

#E04742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.191 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04742
RGB	rgb(224, 71, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, 58.85, 36.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 69.46, 32.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% 0.1708 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.191 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9808, 20.7521, 7.3695)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04742 #42DBE0

analogous

#E0428C #E04742 #E09642

triadic

#E04742 #42E047 #4742E0

tetradic

#E04742 #8CE042 #42DBE0 #9642E0

square

#E04742 #8CE042 #42DBE0 #9642E0

split-complementary

#E04742 #42E096 #428CE0

monochromatic

#901B18 #C52520 #E04742 #E97A77 #F1ADAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#E04742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#E04742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04742

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04742	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F61647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 71, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.191 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28377',
    500: '#e04742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04742;
$custom-light: #f28377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.899,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61468,
    "c": 0.19052,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04742

secondary

#9FDDDF

accent

#E9EF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04742

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

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