#E74B49#E74B49

#E74B49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.193 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E74B49
RGB	rgb(231, 75, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 59.88, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 69.59, 30.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% 0.1746 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.193 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6776, 22.5074, 8.7151)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E74B49 #49E5E7

analogous

#E74996 #E74B49 #E79A49

triadic

#E74B49 #49E74B #4B49E7

tetradic

#E74B49 #96E749 #49E5E7 #9A49E7

square

#E74B49 #96E749 #49E5E7 #9A49E7

split-complementary

#E74B49 #49E79A #4996E7

monochromatic

#A01715 #D71F1C #E74B49 #EE807F #F5B6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#E74B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#E74B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E74B49

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E74B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E74B49	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD1E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e74b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 75, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.193 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7867c',
    500: '#e74b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e74b49;
$custom-light: #f7867c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e74b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.759,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63134,
    "c": 0.19297,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E74B49

secondary

#A7E4E5

accent

#F1F335

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E74B49

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

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