#E24040#E24040

#E24040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.199 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E24040
RGB	rgb(226, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(0, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.7%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 61.95, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 72.38, 31.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% 0.1799 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.199 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1267, 20.2109, 6.9536)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E24040 #40E2E2

analogous

#E24091 #E24040 #E29140

triadic

#E24040 #40E240 #4040E2

tetradic

#E24040 #91E240 #40E2E2 #9140E2

square

#E24040 #91E240 #40E2E2 #9140E2

split-complementary

#E24040 #40E291 #4091E2

monochromatic

#921616 #C71E1E #E24040 #EA7575 #F2AAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#E24040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#E24040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E24040

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E24040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E24040	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F80042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e24040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.199 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48075',
    500: '#e24040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e24040;
$custom-light: #f48075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e24040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61075,
    "c": 0.19905,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E24040

secondary

#9EE0E0

accent

#F0F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E24040

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

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