#E76242#E76242

#E76242 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.172 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E76242
RGB	rgb(231, 98, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 49.71, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 66.04, 41.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.1415 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.172 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3099, 26.1227, 8.1781)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E76242 #42C7E7

analogous

#E74274 #E76242 #E7B442

triadic

#E76242 #42E762 #6242E7

tetradic

#E76242 #74E742 #42C7E7 #B442E7

square

#E76242 #74E742 #42C7E7 #B442E7

split-complementary

#E76242 #42E7B4 #4274E7

monochromatic

#9B2E14 #D13E1B #E76242 #EE8F78 #F5BCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#E76242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#E76242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E76242

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E76242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E76242	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD455B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e76242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 98, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.172 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69378',
    500: '#e76242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e76242;
$custom-light: #f69378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e76242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.636,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65809,
    "c": 0.17233,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E76242

secondary

#A2D7E3

accent

#CFF434

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E76242

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

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