#E24E40#E24E40

#E24E40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.186 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E24E40
RGB	rgb(226, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 56.64, 39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 69.14, 35.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.1632 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.186 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0176, 21.9927, 7.2506)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E24E40 #40D4E2

analogous

#E24083 #E24E40 #E29F40

triadic

#E24E40 #40E24E #4E40E2

tetradic

#E24E40 #83E240 #40D4E2 #9F40E2

square

#E24E40 #83E240 #40D4E2 #9F40E2

split-complementary

#E24E40 #40E29F #4083E2

monochromatic

#922116 #C72D1E #E24E40 #EA7F75 #F2B0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#E24E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#E24E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E24E40

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E24E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E24E40	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8254C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e24e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.186 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38775',
    500: '#e24e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e24e40;
$custom-light: #f38775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e24e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.185,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6253,
    "c": 0.18636,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E24E40

secondary

#9EDAE0

accent

#E0F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E24E40

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

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