#E14742#E14742

#E14742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.192 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E14742
RGB	rgb(225, 71, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 59.17, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 69.86, 32.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% 0.1717 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.192 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2917, 20.9124, 7.3840)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E14742 #42DCE1

analogous

#E1428C #E14742 #E19742

triadic

#E14742 #42E147 #4742E1

tetradic

#E14742 #8CE142 #42DCE1 #9742E1

square

#E14742 #8CE142 #42DCE1 #9742E1

split-complementary

#E14742 #42E197 #428CE1

monochromatic

#921B17 #C6251F #E14742 #E97A77 #F2AEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#E14742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#E14742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E14742

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E14742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E14742	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F71547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e14742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 71, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.192 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38377',
    500: '#e14742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e14742;
$custom-light: #f38377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e14742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.887,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61632,
    "c": 0.19153,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E14742

secondary

#9FDEE0

accent

#EAEF38

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E14742

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

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