#E24840#E24840

#E24840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.192 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E24840
RGB	rgb(226, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, 59.01, 38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 70.55, 33.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% 0.1707 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.192 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6106, 21.1788, 7.1150)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E24840 #40DAE2

analogous

#E24089 #E24840 #E29940

triadic

#E24840 #40E248 #4840E2

tetradic

#E24840 #89E240 #40DAE2 #9940E2

square

#E24840 #89E240 #40DAE2 #9940E2

split-complementary

#E24840 #40E299 #4089E2

monochromatic

#921C16 #C7261E #E24840 #EA7B75 #F2AEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#E24840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#E24840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E24840

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E24840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E24840	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F81648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e24840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.192 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48475',
    500: '#e24840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e24840;
$custom-light: #f48475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e24840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.963,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61874,
    "c": 0.19192,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E24840

secondary

#9EDDE0

accent

#E7F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E24840

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

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