#E4494E#E4494E

#E4494E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.191 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4494E
RGB	rgb(228, 73, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 59.96, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 67.77, 27.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% 0.1762 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.191 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7563, 21.8143, 9.5340)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4494E #49E4DF

analogous

#E4499B #E4494E #E49249

triadic

#E4494E #4EE449 #494EE4

tetradic

#E4494E #9BE449 #49E4DF #9249E4

square

#E4494E #9BE449 #49E4DF #9249E4

split-complementary

#E4494E #49E492 #499BE4

monochromatic

#9C171B #D11F25 #E4494E #EC7E82 #F4B4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#E4494E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#E4494E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4494E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4494E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4494E	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)

#736C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA1D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4494e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 73, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.191 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4857f',
    500: '#e4494e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4494e;
$custom-light: #f4857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4494e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.065,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62514,
    "c": 0.19127,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4494E

secondary

#A6E3E1

accent

#F1EB37

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4494E

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