#E74C49#E74C49

#E74C49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.192 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E74C49
RGB	rgb(231, 76, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, 59.49, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 69.34, 30.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.1734 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.192 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7460, 22.6442, 8.7379)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E74C49 #49E4E7

analogous

#E74995 #E74C49 #E79B49

triadic

#E74C49 #49E74C #4C49E7

tetradic

#E74C49 #95E749 #49E4E7 #9B49E7

square

#E74C49 #95E749 #49E4E7 #9B49E7

split-complementary

#E74C49 #49E79B #4995E7

monochromatic

#A01815 #D7201C #E74C49 #EE817F #F5B6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#E74C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#E74C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E74C49

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E74C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E74C49	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD204D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e74c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 76, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.192 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7867c',
    500: '#e74c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e74c49;
$custom-light: #f7867c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e74c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.139,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63241,
    "c": 0.19203,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E74C49

secondary

#A7E3E5

accent

#F0F335

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E74C49

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

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