#FF4E42#FF4E42

#FF4E42 is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.215 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF4E42
RGB	rgb(255, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.4%, 74.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, 65.96, 45.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 80.19, 34.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% 0.1896 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.215 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9529, 27.1089, 8.0187)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF4E42 #42F3FF

analogous

#FF4294 #FF4E42 #FFAD42

triadic

#FF4E42 #42FF4E #4E42FF

tetradic

#FF4E42 #94FF42 #42F3FF #AD42FF

square

#FF4E42 #94FF42 #42F3FF #AD42FF

split-complementary

#FF4E42 #42FFAD #4294FF

monochromatic

#C70D00 #FF1505 #FF4E42 #FF877F #FFC1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#FF4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#FF4E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF4E42

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF4E42	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)

#81763F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF024D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.215 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff8a77',
    500: '#ff4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff4e42;
$custom-light: #ff8a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.81,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67253,
    "c": 0.21517,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF4E42

secondary

#ACECF0

accent

#D7E600

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#1B0D09

muted

#887D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF4E42

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

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