#E84E48#E84E48

#E84E48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.191 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E84E48
RGB	rgb(232, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.4%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 58.97, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 69.50, 31.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.1715 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.191 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1768, 23.0778, 8.6265)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E84E48 #48E2E8

analogous

#E84892 #E84E48 #E89E48

triadic

#E84E48 #48E84E #4E48E8

tetradic

#E84E48 #92E848 #48E2E8 #9E48E8

square

#E84E48 #92E848 #48E2E8 #9E48E8

split-complementary

#E84E48 #48E89E #4892E8

monochromatic

#A11A14 #D8221B #E84E48 #EF837E #F6B7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E84E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E84E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E84E48

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E84E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E84E48	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF234E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e84e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.191 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8887b',
    500: '#e84e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e84e48;
$custom-light: #f8887b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e84e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63604,
    "c": 0.19129,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E84E48

secondary

#A7E3E5

accent

#EDF434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E84E48

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

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