#E4594E#E4594E
#E4594E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.175 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4594E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 89, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(4, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(4, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61%, 65.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.28, 53.35, 34.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.28, 63.58, 32.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.35% 0.1554 0.0811) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.35% 0.175 27.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.9461, 24.1938, 9.9306) |
| Luminance | 0.2419 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.82
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.38
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.34
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.67
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.69
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4594E #4ED9E4
analogous
#E44E8E #E4594E #E4A44E
triadic
#E4594E #4EE459 #594EE4
tetradic
#E4594E #8EE44E #4ED9E4 #A44EE4
square
#E4594E #8EE44E #4ED9E4 #A44EE4
split-complementary
#E4594E #4EE4A4 #4E8EE4
monochromatic
#9F2218 #D42E20 #E4594E #EC8B83 #F4BDB8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.60
#E4594E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.84
#E4594E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E4594E
5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4594E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4594E | 1.00 | 3.60 | 5.84 | 5.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E744C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0924A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA3B57
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4594e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.175 27.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48d80',
500: '#e4594e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4594e; $custom-light: #f48d80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4594e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 89,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 4.4,
"s": 73.529,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64353,
"c": 0.17525,
"h": 27.6
},
"luminance": 0.24189
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4594E
secondary
#AAE0E4
accent
#E3F038
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C