#E44542#E44542

#E44542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.196 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E44542
RGB	rgb(228, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 71.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 60.86, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 71.53, 31.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.1767 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.196 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1103, 21.1488, 7.3866)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E44542 #42E1E4

analogous

#E44290 #E44542 #E49642

triadic

#E44542 #42E445 #4542E4

tetradic

#E44542 #90E442 #42E1E4 #9642E4

square

#E44542 #90E442 #42E1E4 #9642E4

split-complementary

#E44542 #42E496 #4290E4

monochromatic

#961815 #CC201D #E44542 #EC7A78 #F3AEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#E44542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#E44542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E44542

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E44542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E44542	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA0946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e44542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.196 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58277',
    500: '#e44542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e44542;
$custom-light: #f58277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e44542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.111,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61923,
    "c": 0.19638,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E44542

secondary

#A0E0E2

accent

#EEF236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E44542

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

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