#E84A49#E84A49
#E84A49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.195 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E84A49 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 74, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 78%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 69%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 68.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.60, 60.58, 35.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.60, 70.24, 30.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.19% 0.1767 0.0823) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.19% 0.195 25) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.9341, 22.5398, 8.7078) |
| Luminance | 0.2253 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.69
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.29
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 3.80
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.04
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 4.26
Pinky Red
#FC2647
ΔE00 4.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E84A49 #49E7E8
analogous
#E84998 #E84A49 #E89949
triadic
#E84A49 #49E84A #4A49E8
tetradic
#E84A49 #98E849 #49E7E8 #9949E8
square
#E84A49 #98E849 #49E7E8 #9949E8
split-complementary
#E84A49 #49E899 #4998E8
monochromatic
#A21514 #D81D1B #E84A49 #EF807F #F6B6B6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.81
#E84A49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.51
#E84A49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E84A49
5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E84A49 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E84A49 | 1.00 | 3.81 | 5.51 | 5.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#766D47
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E8F44
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF1A4C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e84a49; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 74, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.195 25.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8867c',
500: '#e84a49',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e84a49; $custom-light: #f8867c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e84a49",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 74,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0.377,
"s": 77.561,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63192,
"c": 0.19493,
"h": 25
},
"luminance": 0.22534
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E84A49
secondary
#A8E5E5
accent
#F3F434
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190C09
muted
#867D7B