#E34E57#E34E57
#E34E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.184 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E34E57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 78, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(356, 73%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(356, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 65.6%, 61.7%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.53, 58.20, 27.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.53, 64.24, 25.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.05% 0.1725 0.0654) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.05% 0.184 20.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.1268, 22.4728, 11.4503) |
| Luminance | 0.2247 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.64
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 3.79
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.07
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.20
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.33
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 4.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E34E57 #4EE3DA
analogous
#E34EA1 #E34E57 #E3904E
triadic
#E34E57 #57E34E #4E57E3
tetradic
#E34E57 #A1E34E #4EE3DA #904EE3
square
#E34E57 #A1E34E #4EE3DA #904EE3
split-complementary
#E34E57 #4EE390 #4EA1E3
monochromatic
#9E1921 #D3212C #E34E57 #EB8389 #F4B8BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.82
#E34E57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.49
#E34E57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E34E57
5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E34E57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E34E57 | 1.00 | 3.82 | 5.49 | 5.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#756E56
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9B8E53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F82C52
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e34e57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 78, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.184 20.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f38786',
500: '#e34e57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e34e57; $custom-light: #f38786; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e34e57",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 78,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 356.376,
"s": 72.683,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63049,
"c": 0.18447,
"h": 20.8
},
"luminance": 0.22468
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E34E57
secondary
#AAE3E0
accent
#EFE438
background
#FFF8F8
surface
#FFF0EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180C0B
muted
#867D7C