#E35442#E35442

#E35442 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.181 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35442
RGB	rgb(227, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 54.56, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 67.58, 36.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.157 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.181 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8360, 23.0699, 7.7191)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35442 #42D1E3

analogous

#E34281 #E35442 #E3A442

triadic

#E35442 #42E354 #5442E3

tetradic

#E35442 #81E342 #42D1E3 #A442E3

square

#E35442 #81E342 #42D1E3 #A442E3

split-complementary

#E35442 #42E3A4 #4281E3

monochromatic

#952416 #CA311E #E35442 #EB8477 #F3B4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E35442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E35442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35442

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35442	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.181 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a77',
    500: '#e35442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35442;
$custom-light: #f48a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.708,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63415,
    "c": 0.18135,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35442

secondary

#A0DAE1

accent

#DCF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35442

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

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