#E75442#E75442

#E75442 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.186 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E75442
RGB	rgb(231, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 55.91, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 69.23, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1608 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.186 30)
XYZ	xyz(37.1126, 23.7282, 7.7790)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E75442 #42D5E7

analogous

#E74283 #E75442 #E7A642

triadic

#E75442 #42E754 #5442E7

tetradic

#E75442 #83E742 #42D5E7 #A642E7

square

#E75442 #83E742 #42D5E7 #A642E7

split-complementary

#E75442 #42E7A6 #4283E7

monochromatic

#9B2214 #D12E1B #E75442 #EE8578 #F5B6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E75442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E75442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E75442

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E75442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E75442	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e75442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.186 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78b77',
    500: '#e75442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e75442;
$custom-light: #f78b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e75442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.545,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64045,
    "c": 0.18555,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.23723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E75442

secondary

#A2DCE3

accent

#DFF434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E75442

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

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