#E24C44#E24C44
#E24C44 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.188 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E24C44 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 76, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(3, 73%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(3, 70%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 69.9%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.77, 57.63, 37.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(53.77, 68.56, 32.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.36% 0.1671 0.0852) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.36% 0.188 27) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.9956, 21.7600, 7.8251) |
| Luminance | 0.2175 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.25
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.90
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 4.19
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 5.16
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 5.22
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E24C44 #44DAE2
analogous
#E2448B #E24C44 #E29B44
triadic
#E24C44 #44E24C #4C44E2
tetradic
#E24C44 #8BE244 #44DAE2 #9B44E2
square
#E24C44 #8BE244 #44DAE2 #9B44E2
split-complementary
#E24C44 #44E29B #448BE2
monochromatic
#951D17 #CA281F #E24C44 #EA7F79 #F2B1AE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.92
#E24C44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.35
#E24C44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E24C44
5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E24C44 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E24C44 | 1.00 | 3.92 | 5.35 | 5.35 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.92 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#766C42
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9B8D3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8224B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e24c44; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 76, 68); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.188 27.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f38678',
500: '#e24c44',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e24c44; $custom-light: #f38678; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e24c44",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 76,
"b": 68
},
"hsl": {
"h": 3.038,
"s": 73.148,
"l": 57.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6236,
"c": 0.18759,
"h": 27
},
"luminance": 0.21755
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E24C44
secondary
#A1DDE1
accent
#E7F038
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0ED
border
#D7CBC8
text
#190C09
muted
#867D7B