#E54E4E#E54E4E

#E54E4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.187 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E54E4E
RGBrgb(229, 78, 78)
HSLhsl(0, 74%, 60%)
HSVhsv(0, 66%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 65.9%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(54.72, 58.31, 32.73)
CIE-LCHlch(54.72, 66.87, 29.30°)
OKLaboklab(63.21% 0.1709 0.0769)
OKLCHoklch(63.21% 0.187 24.2)
XYZxyz(36.4164, 22.6620, 9.6629)
Luminance0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E54E4E #4EE5E5
analogous
#E54E99 #E54E4E #E5994E
triadic
#E54E4E #4EE54E #4E4EE5
tetradic
#E54E4E #99E54E #4EE5E5 #994EE5
square
#E54E4E #99E54E #4EE5E5 #994EE5
split-complementary
#E54E4E #4EE599 #4E99E5
monochromatic
#A11818 #D61F1F #E54E4E #ED8383 #F5B9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80
#E54E4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53
#E54E4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E54E4E
5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E54E4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E54E4E1.003.805.535.53
#FFFFFF3.801.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5321.001.001.00
##0000005.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#776E4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D8F4A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB2750
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e54e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 78, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.187 24.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5877f',
    500: '#e54e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e54e4e;
$custom-light: #f5877f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e54e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63214,
    "c": 0.18739,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E54E4E
secondary
#AAE4E4
accent
#D7D70F
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190C0A
muted
#867D7C

Preview Lab

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#E54E4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva