#E44E4C#E44E4C
#E44E4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.187 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E44E4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 78, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(1, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(1, 67%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 66.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.52, 57.88, 33.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.52, 66.92, 30.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.02% 0.1693 0.0786) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.02% 0.187 24.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.0275, 22.4697, 9.2761) |
| Luminance | 0.2246 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.00
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.48
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 3.88
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.45
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 4.47
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E44E4C #4CE2E4
analogous
#E44C96 #E44E4C #E49A4C
triadic
#E44E4C #4CE44E #4E4CE4
tetradic
#E44E4C #96E44C #4CE2E4 #9A4CE4
square
#E44E4C #96E44C #4CE2E4 #9A4CE4
split-complementary
#E44E4C #4CE49A #4C96E4
monochromatic
#9E1A18 #D32220 #E44E4C #EC8381 #F4B7B6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.82
#E44E4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.49
#E44E4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E44E4C
5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E44E4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E44E4C | 1.00 | 3.82 | 5.49 | 5.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#776E4A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C8E48
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA274F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e44e4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 78, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.187 24.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4877e',
500: '#e44e4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e44e4c; $custom-light: #f4877e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e44e4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 78,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0.789,
"s": 73.786,
"l": 59.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63022,
"c": 0.18661,
"h": 24.9
},
"luminance": 0.22465
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E44E4C
secondary
#A8E3E3
accent
#EEF037
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190C0A
muted
#867D7C