#E44042#E44042

#E44042 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.201 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E44042
RGB	rgb(228, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 75%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 71.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 62.65, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 72.68, 30.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% 0.1823 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.201 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8156, 20.5594, 7.2883)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E44042 #40E4E2

analogous

#E44094 #E44042 #E49040

triadic

#E44042 #42E440 #4042E4

tetradic

#E44042 #94E440 #40E4E2 #9040E4

square

#E44042 #94E440 #40E4E2 #9040E4

split-complementary

#E44042 #40E490 #4094E4

monochromatic

#951517 #CA1D1F #E44042 #EC7677 #F3ABAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#E44042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#E44042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E44042

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E44042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E44042	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB0043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e44042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.201 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58076',
    500: '#e44042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e44042;
$custom-light: #f58076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e44042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.268,
    "s": 75.229,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6144,
    "c": 0.20078,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E44042

secondary

#9FE1E0

accent

#F2F036

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E44042

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

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