#E74A4E#E74A4E

#E74A4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.193 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E74A4E
RGB	rgb(231, 74, 78)
HSL	hsl(358, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 66.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 60.52, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 68.70, 28.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.1776 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.193 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7828, 22.4418, 9.6011)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E74A4E #4AE7E3

analogous

#E74A9D #E74A4E #E7944A

triadic

#E74A4E #4EE74A #4A4EE7

tetradic

#E74A4E #9DE74A #4AE7E3 #944AE7

square

#E74A4E #9DE74A #4AE7E3 #944AE7

split-complementary

#E74A4E #4AE794 #4A9DE7

monochromatic

#A11519 #D71D21 #E74A4E #EE8083 #F5B6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#E74A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#E74A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E74A4E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E74A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E74A4E	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD1D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e74a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 74, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.193 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7867f',
    500: '#e74a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e74a4e;
$custom-light: #f7867f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e74a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.471,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63106,
    "c": 0.19335,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E74A4E

secondary

#A8E5E3

accent

#F3EE35

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E74A4E

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

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