#E44E50#E44E50

#E44E50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.186 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E44E50
RGB	rgb(228, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.8%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 58.10, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 66.03, 28.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.1707 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.186 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1710, 22.5270, 10.0314)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E44E50 #4EE4E2

analogous

#E44E9B #E44E50 #E4974E

triadic

#E44E50 #50E44E #4E50E4

tetradic

#E44E50 #9BE44E #4EE4E2 #974EE4

square

#E44E50 #9BE44E #4EE4E2 #974EE4

split-complementary

#E44E50 #4EE497 #4E9BE4

monochromatic

#9F181A #D42023 #E44E50 #EC8385 #F4B8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#E44E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#E44E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E44E50

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E44E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E44E50	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e44e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.186 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48781',
    500: '#e44e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e44e50;
$custom-light: #f48781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e44e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.2,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63086,
    "c": 0.18613,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E44E50

secondary

#AAE4E3

accent

#F0EE38

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E44E50

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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