#E34E49#E34E49
#E34E49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.186 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E34E49 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 78, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(2, 73%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(2, 68%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 67.8%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.31, 57.40, 35.00) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.31, 67.23, 31.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.82% 0.1673 0.0813) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.82% 0.186 25.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.6093, 22.2658, 8.7247) |
| Luminance | 0.2226 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 1.84
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.96
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 3.92
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.76
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 4.78
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E34E49 #49DEE3
analogous
#E34991 #E34E49 #E39B49
triadic
#E34E49 #49E34E #4E49E3
tetradic
#E34E49 #91E349 #49DEE3 #9B49E3
square
#E34E49 #91E349 #49DEE3 #9B49E3
split-complementary
#E34E49 #49E39B #4991E3
monochromatic
#9A1C18 #CF2620 #E34E49 #EB827E #F3B5B3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.85
#E34E49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.45
#E34E49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E34E49
5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E34E49 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E34E49 | 1.00 | 3.85 | 5.45 | 5.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.85 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#776E47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C8E45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9274E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e34e49; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 78, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.186 25.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4877c',
500: '#e34e49',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e34e49; $custom-light: #f4877c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e34e49",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 78,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 1.948,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 58.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62816,
"c": 0.18597,
"h": 25.9
},
"luminance": 0.22261
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E34E49
secondary
#A6E0E2
accent
#EAF038
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180C09
muted
#867D7B