#E84C40#E84C40

#E84C40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.194 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E84C40
RGB	rgb(232, 76, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.2%, 72.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 59.39, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 72.04, 34.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.1712 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.194 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7926, 22.7003, 7.2937)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E84C40 #40DCE8

analogous

#E84088 #E84C40 #E8A040

triadic

#E84C40 #40E84C #4C40E8

tetradic

#E84C40 #88E840 #40DCE8 #A040E8

square

#E84C40 #88E840 #40DCE8 #A040E8

split-complementary

#E84C40 #40E8A0 #4088E8

monochromatic

#9B1C13 #D22619 #E84C40 #EF7F77 #F5B2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#E84C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#E84C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E84C40

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E84C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E84C40	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e84c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 76, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.194 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f88675',
    500: '#e84c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e84c40;
$custom-light: #f88675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e84c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.19437,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E84C40

secondary

#A0DFE3

accent

#E7F533

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E84C40

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

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