#E34042#E34042

#E34042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.200 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E34042
RGB	rgb(227, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, 62.34, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 72.28, 30.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% 0.1815 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.2 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4992, 20.3963, 7.2735)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E34042 #40E3E1

analogous

#E34093 #E34042 #E39040

triadic

#E34042 #42E340 #4042E3

tetradic

#E34042 #93E340 #40E3E1 #9040E3

square

#E34042 #93E340 #40E3E1 #9040E3

split-complementary

#E34042 #40E390 #4093E3

monochromatic

#931617 #C81D1F #E34042 #EB7577 #F3ABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#E34042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#E34042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E34042

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E34042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E34042	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F90043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e34042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.200 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58076',
    500: '#e34042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e34042;
$custom-light: #f58076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e34042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.264,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61271,
    "c": 0.1998,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E34042

secondary

#9EE1E0

accent

#F1EF37

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E34042

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

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