#E34842#E34842

#E34842 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.193 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E34842
RGB	rgb(227, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 59.42, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 70.43, 32.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.1722 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.193 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9831, 21.3641, 7.4348)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E34842 #42DDE3

analogous

#E3428D #E34842 #E39942

triadic

#E34842 #42E348 #4842E3

tetradic

#E34842 #8DE342 #42DDE3 #9942E3

square

#E34842 #8DE342 #42DDE3 #9942E3

split-complementary

#E34842 #42E399 #428DE3

monochromatic

#951B16 #CA241E #E34842 #EB7C77 #F3AFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#E34842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#E34842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E34842

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E34842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E34842	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#746A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F91648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e34842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.193 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48477',
    500: '#e34842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e34842;
$custom-light: #f48477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e34842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.236,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62065,
    "c": 0.19265,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E34842

secondary

#A0DEE1

accent

#EAF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E34842

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

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