#E44942#E44942

#E44942 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.193 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E44942
RGB	rgb(228, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 71.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 59.36, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 70.60, 32.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1719 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.193 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3647, 21.6576, 7.4714)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E44942 #42DDE4

analogous

#E4428C #E44942 #E49A42

triadic

#E44942 #42E449 #4942E4

tetradic

#E44942 #8CE442 #42DDE4 #9A42E4

square

#E44942 #8CE442 #42DDE4 #9A42E4

split-complementary

#E44942 #42E49A #428CE4

monochromatic

#961B15 #CC251D #E44942 #EC7D78 #F3B0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#E44942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#E44942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E44942

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E44942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E44942	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA1849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e44942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.193 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58477',
    500: '#e44942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e44942;
$custom-light: #f58477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e44942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.593,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62334,
    "c": 0.19274,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E44942

secondary

#A0DFE2

accent

#EAF236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E44942

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

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