#E34849#E34849

#E34849 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.192 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E34849
RGB	rgb(227, 72, 73)
HSL	hsl(360, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(360, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 59.76, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 68.73, 29.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.1747 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.192 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2023, 21.4518, 8.5890)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E34849 #48E3E2

analogous

#E34896 #E34849 #E39448

triadic

#E34849 #49E348 #4849E3

tetradic

#E34849 #96E348 #48E3E2 #9448E3

square

#E34849 #96E348 #48E3E2 #9448E3

split-complementary

#E34849 #48E394 #4896E3

monochromatic

#991718 #CE2021 #E34849 #EB7D7E #F3B2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#E34849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#E34849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E34849

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E34849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E34849	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9194A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e34849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 72, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.192 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4847c',
    500: '#e34849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e34849;
$custom-light: #f4847c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e34849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.613,
    "s": 73.46,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62167,
    "c": 0.19174,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E34849

secondary

#A5E2E2

accent

#F0EF38

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E34849

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

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