#EA4A42#EA4A42

#EA4A42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.198 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EA4A42
RGB	rgb(234, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 60.88, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 72.78, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.176 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.198 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3680, 22.7889, 7.5843)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EA4A42 #42E2EA

analogous

#EA428E #EA4A42 #EA9E42

triadic

#EA4A42 #42EA4A #4A42EA

tetradic

#EA4A42 #8EEA42 #42E2EA #9E42EA

square

#EA4A42 #8EEA42 #42E2EA #9E42EA

split-complementary

#EA4A42 #42EA9E #428EEA

monochromatic

#A01912 #D72118 #EA4A42 #F07F79 #F6B3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#EA4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#EA4A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EA4A42

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EA4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EA4A42	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF154A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ea4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.198 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98677',
    500: '#ea4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ea4a42;
$custom-light: #f98677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ea4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.19789,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EA4A42

secondary

#A3E2E5

accent

#EDF631

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EA4A42

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

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