#FF4E40#FF4E40

#FF4E40 is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.215 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF4E40
RGB	rgb(255, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 65.89, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 80.73, 35.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.189 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.215 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8949, 27.0857, 7.7136)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF4E40 #40F1FF

analogous

#FF4091 #FF4E40 #FFAE40

triadic

#FF4E40 #40FF4E #4E40FF

tetradic

#FF4E40 #91FF40 #40F1FF #AE40FF

square

#FF4E40 #91FF40 #40F1FF #AE40FF

split-complementary

#FF4E40 #40FFAE #4091FF

monochromatic

#C50E00 #FF1503 #FF4E40 #FF877D #FFBFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#FF4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#FF4E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF4E40

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF4E40	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82753D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF004C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.215 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff8a76',
    500: '#ff4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff4e40;
$custom-light: #ff8a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.398,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6723,
    "c": 0.21547,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF4E40

secondary

#ABEBF0

accent

#D5E600

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#1B0D08

muted

#887D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF4E40

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

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