#E14C42#E14C42

#E14C42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.187 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E14C42
RGB	rgb(225, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, 57.21, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 68.67, 33.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1655 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.187 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6229, 21.5748, 7.4944)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E14C42 #42D7E1

analogous

#E14287 #E14C42 #E19C42

triadic

#E14C42 #42E14C #4C42E1

tetradic

#E14C42 #87E142 #42D7E1 #9C42E1

square

#E14C42 #87E142 #42D7E1 #9C42E1

split-complementary

#E14C42 #42E19C #4287E1

monochromatic

#921F17 #C62A1F #E14C42 #E97E77 #F2B0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#E14C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#E14C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E14C42

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E14C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E14C42	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7224B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e14c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.187 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38677',
    500: '#e14c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e14c42;
$custom-light: #f38677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e14c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.774,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62171,
    "c": 0.18688,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E14C42

secondary

#9FDCE0

accent

#E4EF38

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E14C42

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

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