#E54E45#E54E45

#E54E45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.189 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E54E45
RGB	rgb(229, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 69.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 57.85, 37.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 69.04, 33.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1677 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.189 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1155, 22.5417, 8.0783)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E54E45 #45DCE5

analogous

#E5458C #E54E45 #E59E45

triadic

#E54E45 #45E54E #4E45E5

tetradic

#E54E45 #8CE545 #45DCE5 #9E45E5

square

#E54E45 #8CE545 #45DCE5 #9E45E5

split-complementary

#E54E45 #45E59E #458CE5

monochromatic

#9A1D16 #D0271D #E54E45 #ED817B #F4B4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#E54E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#E54E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E54E45

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E54E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E54E45	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB254D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e54e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.189 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58779',
    500: '#e54e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e54e45;
$custom-light: #f58779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e54e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.375,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63079,
    "c": 0.18864,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E54E45

secondary

#A3DFE3

accent

#E7F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E54E45

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

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