#E34949#E34949

#E34949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.191 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E34949
RGB	rgb(227, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.8%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, 59.38, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 68.48, 29.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.1735 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.191 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2675, 21.5821, 8.6108)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E34949 #49E3E3

analogous

#E34996 #E34949 #E39649

triadic

#E34949 #49E349 #4949E3

tetradic

#E34949 #96E349 #49E3E3 #9649E3

square

#E34949 #96E349 #49E3E3 #9649E3

split-complementary

#E34949 #49E396 #4996E3

monochromatic

#9A1818 #CF2020 #E34949 #EB7E7E #F3B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#E34949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#E34949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E34949

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E34949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E34949	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F91C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e34949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.191 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4857c',
    500: '#e34949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e34949;
$custom-light: #f4857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e34949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62272,
    "c": 0.19079,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E34949

secondary

#A6E2E2

accent

#F0F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E34949

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

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