#E44D4E#E44D4E
#E44D4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.187 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E44D4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 77, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(360, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(360, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 65.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.40, 58.39, 32.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.40, 66.73, 28.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.94% 0.1713 0.0759) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.94% 0.187 23.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.0277, 22.3569, 9.6245) |
| Luminance | 0.2235 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.26
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.31
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 3.79
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 4.04
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.28
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 4.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E44D4E #4DE4E3
analogous
#E44D99 #E44D4E #E4984D
triadic
#E44D4E #4EE44D #4D4EE4
tetradic
#E44D4E #99E44D #4DE4E3 #984DE4
square
#E44D4E #99E44D #4DE4E3 #984DE4
split-complementary
#E44D4E #4DE498 #4D99E4
monochromatic
#9F1819 #D42021 #E44D4E #EC8283 #F4B7B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.84
#E44D4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.47
#E44D4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E44D4E
5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E44D4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E44D4E | 1.00 | 3.84 | 5.47 | 5.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#766E4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C8E4A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA264F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e44d4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 77, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.187 23.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4877f',
500: '#e44d4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e44d4e; $custom-light: #f4877f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e44d4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 77,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 359.603,
"s": 73.659,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62943,
"c": 0.18735,
"h": 23.9
},
"luminance": 0.22352
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E44D4E
secondary
#A9E4E3
accent
#F0EF37
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180C0A
muted
#867D7C