#E94942#E94942

#E94942 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.198 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E94942
RGB	rgb(233, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.7%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, 60.94, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 72.61, 32.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1763 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.198 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9743, 22.4876, 7.5468)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E94942 #42E2E9

analogous

#E9428E #E94942 #E99C42

triadic

#E94942 #42E949 #4942E9

tetradic

#E94942 #8EE942 #42E2E9 #9C42E9

square

#E94942 #8EE942 #42E2E9 #9C42E9

split-complementary

#E94942 #42E99C #428EE9

monochromatic

#9E1812 #D52119 #E94942 #EF7E79 #F6B3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#E94942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#E94942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E94942

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E94942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E94942	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e94942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.198 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98577',
    500: '#e94942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e94942;
$custom-light: #f98577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e94942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.515,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63154,
    "c": 0.19779,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E94942

secondary

#A2E2E4

accent

#EDF632

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E94942

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

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