#E34C40#E34C40
#E34C40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.189 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E34C40 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 76, 64) |
| HSL | hsl(4, 74%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(4, 72%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 66.5%, 71.8%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.89, 57.77, 39.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(53.89, 70.02, 34.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.47% 0.1667 0.0897) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.47% 0.189 28.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.1922, 21.8751, 7.2187) |
| Luminance | 0.2187 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.12
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.86
Tomato (survey)
#EF4026
ΔE00 4.99
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.03
Cherry Red
#F7022A
ΔE00 5.52
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E34C40 #40D7E3
analogous
#E34086 #E34C40 #E39D40
triadic
#E34C40 #40E34C #4C40E3
tetradic
#E34C40 #86E340 #40D7E3 #9D40E3
square
#E34C40 #86E340 #40D7E3 #9D40E3
split-complementary
#E34C40 #40E39D #4086E3
monochromatic
#931F16 #C82A1D #E34C40 #EB7E75 #F3B0AB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.91
#E34C40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.37
#E34C40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E34C40
5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E34C40 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E34C40 | 1.00 | 3.91 | 5.37 | 5.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#766C3E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C8D3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9204A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e34c40; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 76, 64); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.189 28.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48675',
500: '#e34c40',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e34c40; $custom-light: #f48675; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e34c40",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 76,
"b": 64
},
"hsl": {
"h": 4.417,
"s": 74.429,
"l": 57.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62468,
"c": 0.18926,
"h": 28.3
},
"luminance": 0.2187
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E34C40
secondary
#9EDCE1
accent
#E3F137
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0ED
border
#D7CBC8
text
#190C08
muted
#867D7B