#E74E44#E74E44

#E74E44 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.191 H 27.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E74E44
RGB	rgb(231, 78, 68)
HSL	hsl(4, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 70.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 58.46, 38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 70.11, 33.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.1691 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.191 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7267, 22.8604, 7.9463)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E74E44 #44DDE7

analogous

#E7448B #E74E44 #E79F44

triadic

#E74E44 #44E74E #4E44E7

tetradic

#E74E44 #8BE744 #44DDE7 #9F44E7

square

#E74E44 #8BE744 #44DDE7 #9F44E7

split-complementary

#E74E44 #44E79F #448BE7

monochromatic

#9D1C14 #D3261B #E74E44 #EE817A #F5B5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E74E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#E74E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E74E44

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E74E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E74E44	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE234D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e74e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 78, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.191 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78778',
    500: '#e74e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e74e44;
$custom-light: #f78778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e74e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.681,
    "s": 77.251,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63388,
    "c": 0.19086,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E74E44

secondary

#A3E0E4

accent

#E8F434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E74E44

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

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