#E24E4E#E24E4E
#E24E4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.184 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E24E4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 78, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 72%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 65%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 65.5%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.21, 57.34, 31.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.21, 65.66, 29.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.73% 0.1682 0.0753) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.73% 0.184 24.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.4672, 22.1726, 9.6184) |
| Luminance | 0.2217 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 1.99
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.06
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 3.46
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 3.83
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.58
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E24E4E #4EE2E2
analogous
#E24E98 #E24E4E #E2984E
triadic
#E24E4E #4EE24E #4E4EE2
tetradic
#E24E4E #98E24E #4EE2E2 #984EE2
square
#E24E4E #98E24E #4EE2E2 #984EE2
split-complementary
#E24E4E #4EE298 #4E98E2
monochromatic
#9C1A1A #D12222 #E24E4E #EB8383 #F3B7B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.86
#E24E4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.43
#E24E4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E24E4E
5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E24E4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E24E4E | 1.00 | 3.86 | 5.43 | 5.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.86 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#766E4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9B8D4A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F82950
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e24e4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 78, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.184 24.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3877f',
500: '#e24e4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e24e4e; $custom-light: #f3877f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e24e4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 78,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0,
"s": 71.845,
"l": 59.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62734,
"c": 0.18427,
"h": 24.1
},
"luminance": 0.22168
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E24E4E
secondary
#A9E3E3
accent
#EFEF39
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180C0A
muted
#867D7C