#E54E48#E54E48

#E54E48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.188 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E54E48
RGB	rgb(229, 78, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 58.00, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 68.28, 31.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.1687 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.188 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2110, 22.5799, 8.5812)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E54E48 #48DFE5

analogous

#E54891 #E54E48 #E59D48

triadic

#E54E48 #48E54E #4E48E5

tetradic

#E54E48 #91E548 #48DFE5 #9D48E5

square

#E54E48 #91E548 #48DFE5 #9D48E5

split-complementary

#E54E48 #48E59D #4891E5

monochromatic

#9C1B16 #D2251E #E54E48 #ED827E #F4B6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#E54E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#E54E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E54E48

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E54E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E54E48	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB264E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e54e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 78, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.188 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5877b',
    500: '#e54e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e54e48;
$custom-light: #f5877b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e54e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.293,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63122,
    "c": 0.18819,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E54E48

secondary

#A6E1E3

accent

#EBF236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E54E48

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

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