#E34940#E34940

#E34940 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.192 H 27.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E34940
RGB	rgb(227, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 58.95, 39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 70.72, 33.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.1703 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.192 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9904, 21.4713, 7.1514)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E34940 #40DAE3

analogous

#E34089 #E34940 #E39B40

triadic

#E34940 #40E349 #4940E3

tetradic

#E34940 #89E340 #40DAE3 #9B40E3

square

#E34940 #89E340 #40DAE3 #9B40E3

split-complementary

#E34940 #40E39B #4089E3

monochromatic

#931C16 #C8271D #E34940 #EB7C75 #F3AFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#E34940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#E34940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E34940

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E34940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E34940	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)

#756A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F91848

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e34940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.192 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48475',
    500: '#e34940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e34940;
$custom-light: #f48475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e34940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.313,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62144,
    "c": 0.19202,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E34940

secondary

#9EDDE1

accent

#E7F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E34940

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

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