#E4493D#E4493D

#E4493D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.194 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4493D
RGB	rgb(228, 73, 61)
HSL	hsl(4, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 73.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, 59.14, 40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 71.92, 34.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.1702 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.194 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2237, 21.6012, 6.7287)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4493D #3DD8E4

analogous

#E43D85 #E4493D #E49C3D

triadic

#E4493D #3DE449 #493DE4

tetradic

#E4493D #85E43D #3DD8E4 #9C3DE4

square

#E4493D #85E43D #3DD8E4 #9C3DE4

split-complementary

#E4493D #3DE49C #3D85E4

monochromatic

#921D14 #C8281C #E4493D #EB7B73 #F3AEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#E4493D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#E4493D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4493D

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4493D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4493D	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB1648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4493d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 73, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.194 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58473',
    500: '#e4493d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4493d;
$custom-light: #f58473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4493d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.311,
    "s": 75.566,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6227,
    "c": 0.1935,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4493D

secondary

#9CDCE1

accent

#E5F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4493D

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

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