#E24540#E24540

#E24540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.195 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E24540
RGB	rgb(226, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, 60.15, 38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 71.24, 32.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1742 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.195 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4214, 20.8003, 7.0519)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E24540 #40DDE2

analogous

#E2408C #E24540 #E29640

triadic

#E24540 #40E245 #4540E2

tetradic

#E24540 #8CE240 #40DDE2 #9640E2

square

#E24540 #8CE240 #40DDE2 #9640E2

split-complementary

#E24540 #40E296 #408CE2

monochromatic

#921A16 #C7231E #E24540 #EA7975 #F2ACAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#E24540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#E24540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E24540

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E24540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E24540	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F80B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e24540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.195 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48275',
    500: '#e24540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e24540;
$custom-light: #f48275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e24540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.852,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61565,
    "c": 0.19465,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E24540

secondary

#9EDEE0

accent

#EBF038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E24540

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

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