#EA5542#EA5542

#EA5542 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.188 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EA5542
RGB	rgb(234, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 56.49, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 70.22, 36.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.1623 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.188 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1676, 24.3882, 7.8508)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EA5542 #42D7EA

analogous

#EA4283 #EA5542 #EAA942

triadic

#EA5542 #42EA55 #5542EA

tetradic

#EA5542 #83EA42 #42D7EA #A942EA

square

#EA5542 #83EA42 #42D7EA #A942EA

split-complementary

#EA5542 #42EAA9 #4283EA

monochromatic

#A02212 #D72D18 #EA5542 #F08779 #F6B8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#EA5542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#EA5542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EA5542

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EA5542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EA5542	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E733F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ea5542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.188 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98b77',
    500: '#ea5542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ea5542;
$custom-light: #f98b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ea5542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.786,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64636,
    "c": 0.18774,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EA5542

secondary

#A3DEE5

accent

#E0F631

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #EA5542

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

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