#E74949#E74949

#E74949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.195 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E74949
RGB	rgb(231, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 60.64, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 70.08, 30.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.177 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.195 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5441, 22.2404, 8.6706)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E74949 #49E7E7

analogous

#E74998 #E74949 #E79849

triadic

#E74949 #49E749 #4949E7

tetradic

#E74949 #98E749 #49E7E7 #9849E7

square

#E74949 #98E749 #49E7E7 #9849E7

split-complementary

#E74949 #49E798 #4998E7

monochromatic

#A01515 #D71C1C #E74949 #EE7F7F #F5B5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#E74949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#E74949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E74949

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E74949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E74949	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD184B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e74949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.195 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7857c',
    500: '#e74949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e74949;
$custom-light: #f7857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e74949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62925,
    "c": 0.19485,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E74949

secondary

#A7E5E5

accent

#F3F335

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E74949

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

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