#E04E49#E04E49

#E04E49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.183 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04E49
RGB	rgb(224, 78, 73)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 56.42, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 66.00, 31.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.1645 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.183 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6711, 21.7820, 8.6807)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04E49 #49DBE0

analogous

#E0498F #E04E49 #E09949

triadic

#E04E49 #49E04E #4E49E0

tetradic

#E04E49 #8FE049 #49DBE0 #9949E0

square

#E04E49 #8FE049 #49DBE0 #9949E0

split-complementary

#E04E49 #49E099 #498FE0

monochromatic

#951E19 #C92822 #E04E49 #E9817D #F2B4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#E04E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#E04E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04E49

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04E49	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6294E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 78, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.183 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1877c',
    500: '#e04e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04e49;
$custom-light: #f1877c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.987,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62336,
    "c": 0.18284,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04E49

secondary

#A4DEE0

accent

#E8EE3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04E49

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

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