#EA4C42#EA4C42

#EA4C42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.196 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EA4C42
RGB	rgb(234, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.5%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 60.12, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 72.32, 33.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.1736 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.196 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5036, 23.0602, 7.6295)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EA4C42 #42E0EA

analogous

#EA428C #EA4C42 #EAA042

triadic

#EA4C42 #42EA4C #4C42EA

tetradic

#EA4C42 #8CEA42 #42E0EA #A042EA

square

#EA4C42 #8CEA42 #42E0EA #A042EA

split-complementary

#EA4C42 #42EAA0 #428CEA

monochromatic

#A01A12 #D72318 #EA4C42 #F08079 #F6B4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#EA4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#EA4C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EA4C42

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EA4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EA4C42	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ea4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.196 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98777',
    500: '#ea4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ea4c42;
$custom-light: #f98777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ea4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.571,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6363,
    "c": 0.19608,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EA4C42

secondary

#A3E1E5

accent

#EBF631

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EA4C42

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

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