#E76042#E76042

#E76042 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.174 H 34.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E76042
RGB	rgb(231, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 50.63, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 66.48, 40.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.1443 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.174 34)
XYZ	xyz(38.1251, 25.7531, 8.1165)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E76042 #42C9E7

analogous

#E74276 #E76042 #E7B242

triadic

#E76042 #42E760 #6042E7

tetradic

#E76042 #76E742 #42C9E7 #B242E7

square

#E76042 #76E742 #42C9E7 #B242E7

split-complementary

#E76042 #42E7B2 #4276E7

monochromatic

#9B2C14 #D13C1B #E76042 #EE8E78 #F5BBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E76042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#E76042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E76042

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E76042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E76042	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6963E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e76042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.174 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69278',
    500: '#e76042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e76042;
$custom-light: #f69278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e76042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65544,
    "c": 0.1742,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.25748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E76042

secondary

#A2D7E3

accent

#D1F434

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E76042

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

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