#E24C4C#E24C4C
#E24C4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.186 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E24C4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 76, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 72%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 66.4%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.88, 58.04, 32.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(53.88, 66.63, 29.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.48% 0.17 0.0767) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.48% 0.187 24.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.2566, 21.8645, 9.1998) |
| Luminance | 0.2186 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.00
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.42
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 3.41
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 3.74
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.42
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 4.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E24C4C #4CE2E2
analogous
#E24C97 #E24C4C #E2974C
triadic
#E24C4C #4CE24C #4C4CE2
tetradic
#E24C4C #97E24C #4CE2E2 #974CE2
square
#E24C4C #97E24C #4CE2E2 #974CE2
split-complementary
#E24C4C #4CE297 #4C97E2
monochromatic
#9B1919 #CF2222 #E24C4C #EB8181 #F3B5B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.91
#E24C4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.37
#E24C4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E24C4C
5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E24C4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E24C4C | 1.00 | 3.91 | 5.37 | 5.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#756C4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9A8D48
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8254E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e24c4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 76, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.186 24.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3867e',
500: '#e24c4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e24c4c; $custom-light: #f3867e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e24c4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 76,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0,
"s": 72.115,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62479,
"c": 0.1865,
"h": 24.3
},
"luminance": 0.21859
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E24C4C
secondary
#A8E2E2
accent
#EFEF39
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180C0A
muted
#867D7C