#E54E3D#E54E3D
#E54E3D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.190 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E54E3D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 78, 61) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 76%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 73%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 73.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.50, 57.49, 41.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.50, 71.19, 36.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.98% 0.165 0.0942) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.98% 0.19 29.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.8837, 22.4489, 6.8576) |
| Luminance | 0.2244 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Tomato (survey)
#EF4026
ΔE00 3.92
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.20
Orangey Red
#FA4224
ΔE00 5.26
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 5.87
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.88
Cherry Red
#F7022A
ΔE00 5.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E54E3D #3DD4E5
analogous
#E53D80 #E54E3D #E5A23D
triadic
#E54E3D #3DE54E #4E3DE5
tetradic
#E54E3D #80E53D #3DD4E5 #A23DE5
square
#E54E3D #80E53D #3DD4E5 #A23DE5
split-complementary
#E54E3D #3DE5A2 #3D80E5
monochromatic
#942114 #CA2D1B #E54E3D #EC7F73 #F3B0A9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.83
#E54E3D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.49
#E54E3D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E54E3D
5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E54E3D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E54E3D | 1.00 | 3.83 | 5.49 | 5.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#796D3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E8F38
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC224B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e54e3d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 78, 61); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.190 29.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f68773',
500: '#e54e3d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e54e3d; $custom-light: #f68773; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e54e3d",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 78,
"b": 61
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6.071,
"s": 76.364,
"l": 56.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62976,
"c": 0.18998,
"h": 29.7
},
"luminance": 0.22444
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E54E3D
secondary
#9DDAE1
accent
#E0F335
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0ED
border
#D7CBC8
text
#190C08
muted
#867D7B