#E74857#E74857
#E74857 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.195 H 19.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E74857 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 72, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(354, 77%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(354, 69%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 68.8%, 62.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.36, 61.79, 27.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.36, 67.48, 23.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.06% 0.1834 0.0652) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.06% 0.195 19.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.9964, 22.3171, 11.3745) |
| Luminance | 0.2231 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Pink
#FA2A55
ΔE00 3.56
Reddish Pink
#FE2C54
ΔE00 3.74
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.80
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.99
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 4.19
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 4.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E74857 #48E7D8
analogous
#E748A6 #E74857 #E78948
triadic
#E74857 #57E748 #4857E7
tetradic
#E74857 #A6E748 #48E7D8 #8948E7
square
#E74857 #A6E748 #48E7D8 #8948E7
split-complementary
#E74857 #48E789 #48A6E7
monochromatic
#A01522 #D61C2E #E74857 #EE7E89 #F5B4BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.84
#E74857 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.46
#E74857 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E74857
5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E74857 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E74857 | 1.00 | 3.84 | 5.46 | 5.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#736D56
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9B8E53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD1C4F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e74857; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 72, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.195 19.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f68586',
500: '#e74857',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e74857; $custom-light: #f68586; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e74857",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 72,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 354.34,
"s": 76.812,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63055,
"c": 0.19463,
"h": 19.6
},
"luminance": 0.22312
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E74857
secondary
#A6E4DF
accent
#F3E134
background
#FFF8F8
surface
#FFF0EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#190C0B
muted
#877D7C