#E74942#E74942

#E74942 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.196 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E74942
RGB	rgb(231, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 60.31, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 71.81, 32.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% 0.1746 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.196 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3249, 22.1527, 7.5164)
Luminance	0.2215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E74942 #42E0E7

analogous

#E7428E #E74942 #E79B42

triadic

#E74942 #42E749 #4942E7

tetradic

#E74942 #8EE742 #42E0E7 #9B42E7

square

#E74942 #8EE742 #42E0E7 #9B42E7

split-complementary

#E74942 #42E79B #428EE7

monochromatic

#9B1914 #D1221B #E74942 #EE7D78 #F5B2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#E74942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#E74942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E74942

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E74942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E74942	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE1549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e74942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.196 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78577',
    500: '#e74942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e74942;
$custom-light: #f78577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e74942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.545,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62826,
    "c": 0.19578,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E74942

secondary

#A2E0E3

accent

#ECF434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E74942

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

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