#E74B4E#E74B4E
#E74B4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.192 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E74B4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 75, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 76%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 68%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 66.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.63, 60.13, 32.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.63, 68.45, 28.53°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.21% 0.1764 0.0767) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.21% 0.192 23.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.8501, 22.5764, 9.6235) |
| Luminance | 0.2257 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.65
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.85
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 3.82
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 3.92
Pinky Red
#FC2647
ΔE00 4.08
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 4.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E74B4E #4BE7E4
analogous
#E74B9C #E74B4E #E7964B
triadic
#E74B4E #4EE74B #4B4EE7
tetradic
#E74B4E #9CE74B #4BE7E4 #964BE7
square
#E74B4E #9CE74B #4BE7E4 #964BE7
split-complementary
#E74B4E #4BE796 #4B9CE7
monochromatic
#A21618 #D81D20 #E74B4E #EE8183 #F5B7B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.81
#E74B4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.51
#E74B4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E74B4E
5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E74B4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E74B4E | 1.00 | 3.81 | 5.51 | 5.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#766D4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D8F49
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD204E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e74b4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 75, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.192 23.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7867f',
500: '#e74b4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e74b4e; $custom-light: #f7867f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e74b4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 75,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.846,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63211,
"c": 0.19239,
"h": 23.5
},
"luminance": 0.22571
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E74B4E
secondary
#A9E5E4
accent
#F3EF35
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190C0A
muted
#867D7C