#E44A4C#E44A4C
#E44A4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.191 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E44A4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 74, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 74%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 68%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 66.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.94, 59.46, 32.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(53.94, 67.95, 28.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.59% 0.1743 0.077) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.59% 0.191 23.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.7520, 21.9185, 9.1842) |
| Luminance | 0.2191 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.45
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.66
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 3.73
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 3.80
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.02
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 4.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E44A4C #4AE4E2
analogous
#E44A99 #E44A4C #E4954A
triadic
#E44A4C #4CE44A #4A4CE4
tetradic
#E44A4C #99E44A #4AE4E2 #954AE4
square
#E44A4C #99E44A #4AE4E2 #954AE4
split-complementary
#E44A4C #4AE495 #4A99E4
monochromatic
#9C1719 #D21F22 #E44A4C #EC7F81 #F4B5B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.90
#E44A4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.38
#E44A4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E44A4C
5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E44A4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E44A4C | 1.00 | 3.90 | 5.38 | 5.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.90 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#746C4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9B8D47
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA1F4C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e44a4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 74, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.191 23.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4857e',
500: '#e44a4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e44a4c; $custom-light: #f4857e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e44a4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 74,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 359.221,
"s": 74.038,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62587,
"c": 0.1905,
"h": 23.8
},
"luminance": 0.21913
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E44A4C
secondary
#A7E3E2
accent
#F1EE37
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190C0A
muted
#867D7C