#E84A43#E84A43

#E84A43 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.196 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E84A43
RGB	rgb(232, 74, 67)
HSL	hsl(3, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 71.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 60.29, 38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 71.72, 32.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.1746 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.196 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7446, 22.4640, 7.7103)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E84A43 #43E1E8

analogous

#E8438F #E84A43 #E89C43

triadic

#E84A43 #43E84A #4A43E8

tetradic

#E84A43 #8FE843 #43E1E8 #9C43E8

square

#E84A43 #8FE843 #43E1E8 #9C43E8

split-complementary

#E84A43 #43E89C #438FE8

monochromatic

#9D1913 #D4221A #E84A43 #EF7E7A #F5B3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#E84A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#E84A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E84A43

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E84A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E84A43	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF174A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e84a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 74, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.196 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f88577',
    500: '#e84a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e84a43;
$custom-light: #f88577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e84a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.545,
    "s": 78.199,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63107,
    "c": 0.19574,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E84A43

secondary

#A3E1E4

accent

#ECF533

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E84A43

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

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