#E34A22#E34A22

#E34A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.196 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E34A22
RGB	rgb(227, 74, 34)
HSL	hsl(12, 78%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(12, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 85%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, 57.56, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 78.96, 43.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% 0.1606 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.196 35)
XYZ	xyz(34.4201, 21.3492, 3.8215)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E34A22 #22BBE3

analogous

#E3225A #E34A22 #E3AA22

triadic

#E34A22 #22E34A #4A22E3

tetradic

#E34A22 #5AE322 #22BBE3 #AA22E3

square

#E34A22 #5AE322 #22BBE3 #AA22E3

split-complementary

#E34A22 #22E3AA #225AE3

monochromatic

#7B2610 #B13716 #E34A22 #EA7658 #F1A38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#E34A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#E34A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E34A22

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E34A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E34A22	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)

#776A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA1243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e34a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 74, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.196 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68462',
    500: '#e34a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e34a22;
$custom-light: #f68462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e34a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.435,
    "s": 77.51,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61958,
    "c": 0.19616,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.21344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E34A22

secondary

#86C9DB

accent

#CCF434

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#190B05

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E34A22

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

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