#E34838#E34838

#E34838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.194 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E34838
RGB	rgb(227, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 59.00, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 73.12, 36.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% 0.1689 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.194 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7137, 21.2563, 6.0156)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E34838 #38D3E3

analogous

#E3387D #E34838 #E39D38

triadic

#E34838 #38E348 #4838E3

tetradic

#E34838 #7DE338 #38D3E3 #9D38E3

square

#E34838 #7DE338 #38D3E3 #9D38E3

split-complementary

#E34838 #38E39D #387DE3

monochromatic

#8D1F14 #C22B1B #E34838 #EB796E #F2ABA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#E34838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#E34838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E34838

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E34838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E34838	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA1246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e34838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.194 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58470',
    500: '#e34838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e34838;
$custom-light: #f58470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e34838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.614,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61941,
    "c": 0.19419,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E34838

secondary

#98D8DF

accent

#E0F236

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E34838

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

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