#E75142#E75142

#E75142 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.188 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E75142
RGB	rgb(231, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 57.15, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 69.93, 35.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.1647 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.188 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8848, 23.2724, 7.7030)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E75142 #42D8E7

analogous

#E74285 #E75142 #E7A442

triadic

#E75142 #42E751 #5142E7

tetradic

#E75142 #85E742 #42D8E7 #A442E7

square

#E75142 #85E742 #42D8E7 #A442E7

split-complementary

#E75142 #42E7A4 #4285E7

monochromatic

#9B2014 #D12B1B #E75142 #EE8378 #F5B5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E75142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#E75142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E75142

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E75142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E75142	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE294F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e75142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.188 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78977',
    500: '#e75142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e75142;
$custom-light: #f78977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e75142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63698,
    "c": 0.18838,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E75142

secondary

#A2DDE3

accent

#E3F434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E75142

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

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