#E5493A#E5493A

#E5493A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.195 H 29.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5493A
RGB	rgb(229, 73, 58)
HSL	hsl(5, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 74.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 59.34, 42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 73.15, 35.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.1702 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.195 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4634, 21.7339, 6.3299)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5493A #3AD6E5

analogous

#E53A81 #E5493A #E59F3A

triadic

#E5493A #3AE549 #493AE5

tetradic

#E5493A #81E53A #3AD6E5 #9F3AE5

square

#E5493A #81E53A #3AD6E5 #9F3AE5

split-complementary

#E5493A #3AE59F #3A81E5

monochromatic

#911E13 #C72A1A #E5493A #EC7B70 #F3ADA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#E5493A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#E5493A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5493A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5493A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5493A	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	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)

#766B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC1447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5493a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 73, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.195 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68471',
    500: '#e5493a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5493a;
$custom-light: #f68471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5493a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.263,
    "s": 76.682,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62398,
    "c": 0.195,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5493A

secondary

#9ADAE1

accent

#E3F335

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5493A

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

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