#E74E4E#E74E4E

#E74E4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.189 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E74E4E
RGB	rgb(231, 78, 78)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 66.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 58.96, 33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 67.68, 29.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.1727 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.189 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0584, 22.9930, 9.6930)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E74E4E #4EE7E7

analogous

#E74E9A #E74E4E #E79A4E

triadic

#E74E4E #4EE74E #4E4EE7

tetradic

#E74E4E #9AE74E #4EE7E7 #9A4EE7

square

#E74E4E #9AE74E #4EE7E7 #9A4EE7

split-complementary

#E74E4E #4EE79A #4E9AE7

monochromatic

#A41616 #DA1E1E #E74E4E #EE8484 #F6BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E74E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E74E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E74E4E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E74E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E74E4E	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD2650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e74e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.189 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6887f',
    500: '#e74e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e74e4e;
$custom-light: #f6887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e74e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63534,
    "c": 0.18947,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E74E4E

secondary

#ABE5E5

accent

#D8D80D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E74E4E

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

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