#E5494D#E5494D

#E5494D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.192 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5494D
RGB	rgb(229, 73, 77)
HSL	hsl(358, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.1%, 66.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, 60.22, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 68.38, 28.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.1767 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.192 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0390, 21.9641, 9.3616)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5494D #49E5E1

analogous

#E5499B #E5494D #E59349

triadic

#E5494D #4DE549 #494DE5

tetradic

#E5494D #9BE549 #49E5E1 #9349E5

square

#E5494D #9BE549 #49E5E1 #9349E5

split-complementary

#E5494D #49E593 #499BE5

monochromatic

#9D161A #D31E23 #E5494D #ED7F81 #F4B4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#E5494D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#E5494D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5494D

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5494D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5494D	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB1C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5494d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 73, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.192 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5857f',
    500: '#e5494d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5494d;
$custom-light: #f5857f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5494d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.462,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6266,
    "c": 0.19238,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5494D

secondary

#A6E3E2

accent

#F2ED36

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5494D

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

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