#E54042#E54042

#E54042 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.202 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E54042
RGB	rgb(229, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(359, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.1%, 71.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 62.95, 37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 73.07, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1832 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.202 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1338, 20.7235, 7.3033)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E54042 #40E5E3

analogous

#E54094 #E54042 #E59140

triadic

#E54042 #42E540 #4042E5

tetradic

#E54042 #94E540 #40E5E3 #9140E5

square

#E54042 #94E540 #40E5E3 #9140E5

split-complementary

#E54042 #40E591 #4094E5

monochromatic

#961416 #CC1C1E #E54042 #EC7677 #F4ACAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#E54042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#E54042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E54042

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E54042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E54042	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC0043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e54042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.202 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68076',
    500: '#e54042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e54042;
$custom-light: #f68076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e54042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.273,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61608,
    "c": 0.20176,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E54042

secondary

#9FE2E1

accent

#F3F035

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFEFED

border

#D7CAC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E54042

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

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