#E74645#E74645

#E74645 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.198 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E74645
RGB	rgb(231, 70, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 70.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 61.57, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 71.75, 30.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.1792 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.198 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2233, 21.8043, 7.9304)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E74645 #45E6E7

analogous

#E74595 #E74645 #E79745

triadic

#E74645 #45E746 #4645E7

tetradic

#E74645 #95E745 #45E6E7 #9745E7

square

#E74645 #95E745 #45E6E7 #9745E7

split-complementary

#E74645 #45E797 #4595E7

monochromatic

#9D1514 #D41C1B #E74645 #EE7C7B #F5B2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#E74645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#E74645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E74645

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E74645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E74645	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE0A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e74645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 70, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.198 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78379',
    500: '#e74645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e74645;
$custom-light: #f78379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e74645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.37,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62562,
    "c": 0.19809,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E74645

secondary

#A4E3E4

accent

#F2F434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E74645

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

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