#E04E51#E04E51

#E04E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.182 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04E51
RGB	rgb(224, 78, 81)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 56.86, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 64.20, 27.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1675 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.182 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9536, 21.8950, 10.1686)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04E51 #4EE0DD

analogous

#E04E9A #E04E51 #E0944E

triadic

#E04E51 #51E04E #4E51E0

tetradic

#E04E51 #9AE04E #4EE0DD #944EE0

square

#E04E51 #9AE04E #4EE0DD #944EE0

split-complementary

#E04E51 #4EE094 #4E9AE0

monochromatic

#991B1D #CD2427 #E04E51 #E98284 #F2B6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#E04E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#E04E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04E51

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04E51	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F52B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 78, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.182 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18782',
    500: '#e04e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04e51;
$custom-light: #f18782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.767,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62465,
    "c": 0.18185,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04E51

secondary

#A8E1E0

accent

#EDE93B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04E51

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

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