#E54A48#E54A48

#E54A48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.192 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E54A48
RGB	rgb(229, 74, 72)
HSL	hsl(1, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, 59.58, 35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 69.27, 30.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.1737 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.192 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9354, 22.0287, 8.4894)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E54A48 #48E3E5

analogous

#E54895 #E54A48 #E59948

triadic

#E54A48 #48E54A #4A48E5

tetradic

#E54A48 #95E548 #48E3E5 #9948E5

square

#E54A48 #95E548 #48E3E5 #9948E5

split-complementary

#E54A48 #48E599 #4895E5

monochromatic

#9C1816 #D2201E #E54A48 #ED7F7E #F4B4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#E54A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#E54A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E54A48

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E54A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E54A48	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB1C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e54a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 74, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.192 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5857b',
    500: '#e54a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e54a48;
$custom-light: #f5857b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e54a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.764,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62688,
    "c": 0.19201,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E54A48

secondary

#A6E2E3

accent

#EFF236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E54A48

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

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