#E04A42#E04A42

#E04A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.188 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04A42
RGB	rgb(224, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 57.68, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 68.74, 32.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.1671 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.188 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1763, 21.1432, 7.4346)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04A42 #42D8E0

analogous

#E04289 #E04A42 #E09942

triadic

#E04A42 #42E04A #4A42E0

tetradic

#E04A42 #89E042 #42D8E0 #9942E0

square

#E04A42 #89E042 #42D8E0 #9942E0

split-complementary

#E04A42 #42E099 #4289E0

monochromatic

#901E18 #C52920 #E04A42 #E97C77 #F1AFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#E04A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#E04A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04A42

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04A42	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F61E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.188 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28577',
    500: '#e04a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04a42;
$custom-light: #f28577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.038,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61789,
    "c": 0.18772,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04A42

secondary

#9FDCDF

accent

#E5EF39

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04A42

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

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