#E04842#E04842

#E04842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.190 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04842
RGB	rgb(224, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 58.46, 37.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 69.22, 32.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1696 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.19 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0449, 20.8804, 7.3908)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04842 #42DAE0

analogous

#E0428B #E04842 #E09742

triadic

#E04842 #42E048 #4842E0

tetradic

#E04842 #8BE042 #42DAE0 #9742E0

square

#E04842 #8BE042 #42DAE0 #9742E0

split-complementary

#E04842 #42E097 #428BE0

monochromatic

#901C18 #C52620 #E04842 #E97B77 #F1AEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#E04842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#E04842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04842

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04842	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F61948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.190 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28477',
    500: '#e04842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04842;
$custom-light: #f28477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.278,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61573,
    "c": 0.18959,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04842

secondary

#9FDDDF

accent

#E8EF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04842

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

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