#E74545#E74545

#E74545 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.199 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E74545
RGB	rgb(231, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.1%, 70.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, 61.93, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 71.99, 30.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.1803 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.199 25)
XYZ	xyz(36.1613, 21.6802, 7.9097)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E74545 #45E7E7

analogous

#E74596 #E74545 #E79645

triadic

#E74545 #45E745 #4545E7

tetradic

#E74545 #96E745 #45E7E7 #9645E7

square

#E74545 #96E745 #45E7E7 #9645E7

split-complementary

#E74545 #45E796 #4596E7

monochromatic

#9D1414 #D41B1B #E74545 #EE7B7B #F5B1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#E74545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#E74545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E74545

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E74545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E74545	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE0547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e74545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.199 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78379',
    500: '#e74545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e74545;
$custom-light: #f78379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e74545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62463,
    "c": 0.199,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.21675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E74545

secondary

#A4E4E4

accent

#F4F434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190B09

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E74545

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

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