#E94842#E94842

#E94842 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.199 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E94842
RGB	rgb(233, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 61.32, 39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 72.84, 32.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.1775 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.199 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9091, 22.3572, 7.5251)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E94842 #42E3E9

analogous

#E9428F #E94842 #E99B42

triadic

#E94842 #42E948 #4842E9

tetradic

#E94842 #8FE942 #42E3E9 #9B42E9

square

#E94842 #8FE942 #42E3E9 #9B42E9

split-complementary

#E94842 #42E99B #428FE9

monochromatic

#9E1712 #D52019 #E94842 #EF7D79 #F6B2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#E94842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#E94842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E94842

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E94842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E94842	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF0E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e94842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.199 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98577',
    500: '#e94842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e94842;
$custom-light: #f98577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e94842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.156,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63052,
    "c": 0.19869,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E94842

secondary

#A2E2E4

accent

#EFF632

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E94842

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

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