#E4494C#E4494C

#E4494C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.191 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4494C
RGB	rgb(228, 73, 76)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 59.85, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 68.20, 28.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1755 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.191 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6857, 21.7860, 9.1621)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4494C #49E4E1

analogous

#E4499A #E4494C #E49449

triadic

#E4494C #4CE449 #494CE4

tetradic

#E4494C #9AE449 #49E4E1 #9449E4

square

#E4494C #9AE449 #49E4E1 #9449E4

split-complementary

#E4494C #49E494 #499AE4

monochromatic

#9C171A #D11F22 #E4494C #EC7E80 #F4B4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#E4494C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#E4494C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4494C

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4494C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4494C	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA1C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4494c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 73, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.191 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4857e',
    500: '#e4494c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4494c;
$custom-light: #f4857e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4494c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.839,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62481,
    "c": 0.19148,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4494C

secondary

#A6E3E2

accent

#F1ED37

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4494C

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