#E87474#E87474

#E87474 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.144 H 21.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E87474
RGB	rgb(232, 116, 116)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(0, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 50%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, 44.81, 21.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 49.52, 25.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% 0.1341 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.144 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6795, 30.9122, 20.2386)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E87474 #74E8E8

analogous

#E874AE #E87474 #E8AE74

triadic

#E87474 #74E874 #7474E8

tetradic

#E87474 #AEE874 #74E8E8 #AE74E8

square

#E87474 #AEE874 #74E8E8 #AE74E8

split-complementary

#E87474 #74E8AE #74AEE8

monochromatic

#C22020 #DF3F3F #E87474 #F1A9A9 #F9DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#E87474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#E87474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E87474

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E87474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E87474	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB6375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e87474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 116, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.144 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49f9c',
    500: '#e87474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e87474;
$custom-light: #f49f9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e87474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69332,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E87474

secondary

#CAEDED

accent

#D4D412

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180F0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E87474

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

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