#EA5442#EA5442

#EA5442 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.189 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EA5442
RGB	rgb(234, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(6, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 56.91, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 70.46, 36.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.1636 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.189 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0895, 24.2319, 7.8248)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EA5442 #42D8EA

analogous

#EA4284 #EA5442 #EAA842

triadic

#EA5442 #42EA54 #5442EA

tetradic

#EA5442 #84EA42 #42D8EA #A842EA

square

#EA5442 #84EA42 #42D8EA #A842EA

split-complementary

#EA5442 #42EAA8 #4284EA

monochromatic

#A02112 #D72C18 #EA5442 #F08679 #F6B8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#EA5442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#EA5442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EA5442

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EA5442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EA5442	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ea5442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.189 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98b77',
    500: '#ea5442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ea5442;
$custom-light: #f98b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ea5442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64519,
    "c": 0.18868,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EA5442

secondary

#A3DEE5

accent

#E1F631

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EA5442

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

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