#E34A40#E34A40

#E34A40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.191 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E34A40
RGB	rgb(227, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.4%, 71.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 58.56, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 70.48, 33.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.1691 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.191 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0566, 21.6038, 7.1735)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E34A40 #40D9E3

analogous

#E34088 #E34A40 #E39C40

triadic

#E34A40 #40E34A #4A40E3

tetradic

#E34A40 #88E340 #40D9E3 #9C40E3

square

#E34A40 #88E340 #40D9E3 #9C40E3

split-complementary

#E34A40 #40E39C #4088E3

monochromatic

#931D16 #C8281D #E34A40 #EB7D75 #F3AFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#E34A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#E34A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E34A40

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E34A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E34A40	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)

#756B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F91B49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e34a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.191 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48575',
    500: '#e34a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e34a40;
$custom-light: #f48575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e34a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.681,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62251,
    "c": 0.1911,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E34A40

secondary

#9EDCE1

accent

#E6F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E34A40

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

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