#E34840#E34840

#E34840 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.193 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E34840
RGB	rgb(227, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, 59.33, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 70.95, 33.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1716 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.193 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9252, 21.3410, 7.1297)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E34840 #40DBE3

analogous

#E34089 #E34840 #E39A40

triadic

#E34840 #40E348 #4840E3

tetradic

#E34840 #89E340 #40DBE3 #9A40E3

square

#E34840 #89E340 #40DBE3 #9A40E3

split-complementary

#E34840 #40E39A #4089E3

monochromatic

#931C16 #C8261D #E34840 #EB7B75 #F3AEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#E34840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#E34840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E34840

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E34840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E34840	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F91548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e34840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.193 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48475',
    500: '#e34840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e34840;
$custom-light: #f48475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e34840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.945,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62039,
    "c": 0.19293,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E34840

secondary

#9EDDE1

accent

#E8F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E34840

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

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