#E94A42#E94A42

#E94A42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.197 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E94A42
RGB	rgb(233, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.2%, 71.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 60.57, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 72.38, 33.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.1752 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.197 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0405, 22.6200, 7.5689)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E94A42 #42E1E9

analogous

#E9428D #E94A42 #E99D42

triadic

#E94A42 #42E94A #4A42E9

tetradic

#E94A42 #8DE942 #42E1E9 #9D42E9

square

#E94A42 #8DE942 #42E1E9 #9D42E9

split-complementary

#E94A42 #42E99D #428DE9

monochromatic

#9E1912 #D52219 #E94A42 #EF7E79 #F6B3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#E94A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#E94A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E94A42

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E94A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E94A42	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF164A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e94a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.197 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98677',
    500: '#e94a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e94a42;
$custom-light: #f98677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e94a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.874,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63257,
    "c": 0.19689,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E94A42

secondary

#A2E1E4

accent

#ECF632

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E94A42

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

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