#E2161A#E2161A

#E2161A is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.229 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2161A
RGB	rgb(226, 22, 26)
HSL	hsl(359, 82%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 90%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 90.3%, 88.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 71.24, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 88.92, 36.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.2021 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.229 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8416, 16.8226, 2.5477)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2161A #16E2DE

analogous

#E21680 #E2161A #E27816

triadic

#E2161A #1AE216 #161AE2

tetradic

#E2161A #80E216 #16E2DE #7816E2

square

#E2161A #80E216 #16E2DE #7816E2

split-complementary

#E2161A #16E278 #1680E2

monochromatic

#720B0D #AA1114 #E2161A #ED484B #F38082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#E2161A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#E2161A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #E2161A

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2161A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##E2161A	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918104

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2161a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 22, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.229 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7715b',
    500: '#e2161a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2161a;
$custom-light: #f7715b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2161a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.824,
    "s": 82.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57965,
    "c": 0.22861,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2161A

secondary

#79DBD9

accent

#F9F52F

background

#FFF7F5

surface

#FFEDE9

border

#D7C8C5

text

#1A0904

muted

#877B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2161A

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

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