#ED4E42#ED4E42

#ED4E42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.197 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED4E42
RGB	rgb(237, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.1%, 72.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 60.30, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 73.06, 34.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.1739 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.197 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6371, 23.8523, 7.7227)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED4E42 #42E1ED

analogous

#ED428B #ED4E42 #EDA442

triadic

#ED4E42 #42ED4E #4E42ED

tetradic

#ED4E42 #8BED42 #42E1ED #A442ED

square

#ED4E42 #8BED42 #42E1ED #A442ED

split-complementary

#ED4E42 #42EDA4 #428BED

monochromatic

#A51A10 #DD2315 #ED4E42 #F2827A #F8B7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#ED4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#ED4E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #ED4E42

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED4E42	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF1D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.197 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fc8877',
    500: '#ed4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed4e42;
$custom-light: #fc8877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.211,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6433,
    "c": 0.19731,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED4E42

secondary

#A4E2E7

accent

#EBF92F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED4E42

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

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