#E84843#E84843

#E84843 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.198 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E84843
RGB	rgb(232, 72, 67)
HSL	hsl(2, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 71.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 61.05, 38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 72.18, 32.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.177 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.198 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6132, 22.2012, 7.6665)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E84843 #43E3E8

analogous

#E84390 #E84843 #E89A43

triadic

#E84843 #43E848 #4843E8

tetradic

#E84843 #90E843 #43E3E8 #9A43E8

square

#E84843 #90E843 #43E3E8 #9A43E8

split-complementary

#E84843 #43E89A #4390E8

monochromatic

#9D1713 #D4201A #E84843 #EF7D7A #F5B2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#E84843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#E84843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E84843

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E84843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E84843	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e84843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 72, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.198 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f88477',
    500: '#e84843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e84843;
$custom-light: #f88477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e84843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 78.199,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.629,
    "c": 0.19755,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E84843

secondary

#A3E2E4

accent

#EFF533

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E84843

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

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