#E75242#E75242

#E75242 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.187 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E75242
RGB	rgb(231, 82, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, 56.74, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 69.70, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.1634 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.187 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9596, 23.4221, 7.7280)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E75242 #42D7E7

analogous

#E74284 #E75242 #E7A442

triadic

#E75242 #42E752 #5242E7

tetradic

#E75242 #84E742 #42D7E7 #A442E7

square

#E75242 #84E742 #42D7E7 #A442E7

split-complementary

#E75242 #42E7A4 #4284E7

monochromatic

#9B2114 #D12C1B #E75242 #EE8478 #F5B5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E75242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#E75242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E75242

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E75242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E75242	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e75242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 82, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.187 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78a77',
    500: '#e75242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e75242;
$custom-light: #f78a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e75242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.818,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63812,
    "c": 0.18744,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E75242

secondary

#A2DDE3

accent

#E1F434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E75242

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

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