#E24C4E#E24C4E
#E24C4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.186 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E24C4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 76, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 72%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 65.5%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.91, 58.15, 31.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(53.91, 66.18, 28.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.51% 0.1707 0.0745) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.51% 0.186 23.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.3273, 21.8927, 9.5717) |
| Luminance | 0.2189 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.24
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.30
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 3.42
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 3.49
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.41
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 4.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E24C4E #4CE2E0
analogous
#E24C99 #E24C4E #E2954C
triadic
#E24C4E #4EE24C #4C4EE2
tetradic
#E24C4E #99E24C #4CE2E0 #954CE2
square
#E24C4E #99E24C #4CE2E0 #954CE2
split-complementary
#E24C4E #4CE295 #4C99E2
monochromatic
#9B191B #CF2224 #E24C4E #EB8182 #F3B5B6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.91
#E24C4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.38
#E24C4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E24C4E
5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E24C4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E24C4E | 1.00 | 3.91 | 5.38 | 5.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#756D4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9A8D4A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8254E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e24c4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 76, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.186 23.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3867f',
500: '#e24c4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e24c4e; $custom-light: #f3867f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e24c4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 76,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 359.2,
"s": 72.115,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62512,
"c": 0.18627,
"h": 23.6
},
"luminance": 0.21888
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E24C4E
secondary
#A8E2E1
accent
#EFEC39
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180C0A
muted
#867D7C