#E54848#E54848

#E54848 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.194 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E54848
RGB	rgb(229, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.6%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 60.34, 35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 69.76, 30.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% 0.1761 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.194 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8040, 21.7659, 8.4456)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E54848 #48E5E5

analogous

#E54897 #E54848 #E59748

triadic

#E54848 #48E548 #4848E5

tetradic

#E54848 #97E548 #48E5E5 #9748E5

square

#E54848 #97E548 #48E5E5 #9748E5

split-complementary

#E54848 #48E597 #4897E5

monochromatic

#9C1616 #D21E1E #E54848 #ED7E7E #F4B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#E54848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#E54848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E54848

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E54848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E54848	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB174A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e54848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.194 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5847b',
    500: '#e54848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e54848;
$custom-light: #f5847b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e54848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62479,
    "c": 0.19389,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E54848

secondary

#A6E3E3

accent

#F2F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E54848

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

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