#E24640#E24640

#E24640 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.194 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E24640
RGB	rgb(226, 70, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 59.77, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 71.01, 32.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.1731 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.194 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4834, 20.9244, 7.0726)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E24640 #40DCE2

analogous

#E2408B #E24640 #E29740

triadic

#E24640 #40E246 #4640E2

tetradic

#E24640 #8BE240 #40DCE2 #9740E2

square

#E24640 #8BE240 #40DCE2 #9740E2

split-complementary

#E24640 #40E297 #408BE2

monochromatic

#921B16 #C7241E #E24640 #EA7975 #F2ADAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#E24640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#E24640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E24640

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E24640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E24640	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)

#72693E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F80F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e24640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 70, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.194 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48375',
    500: '#e24640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e24640;
$custom-light: #f48375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e24640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61667,
    "c": 0.19374,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E24640

secondary

#9EDDE0

accent

#E9F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E24640

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

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