#E5504C#E5504C

#E5504C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.186 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5504C
RGB	rgb(229, 80, 76)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 57.40, 34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 66.81, 30.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.1676 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.186 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4900, 22.9223, 9.3391)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5504C #4CE1E5

analogous

#E54C94 #E5504C #E59D4C

triadic

#E5504C #4CE550 #504CE5

tetradic

#E5504C #94E54C #4CE1E5 #9D4CE5

square

#E5504C #94E54C #4CE1E5 #9D4CE5

split-complementary

#E5504C #4CE59D #4C94E5

monochromatic

#9F1B17 #D5241F #E5504C #ED8481 #F5B8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#E5504C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#E5504C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5504C

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5504C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5504C	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5504c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 80, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.186 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5887e',
    500: '#e5504c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5504c;
$custom-light: #f5887e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5504c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.569,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63406,
    "c": 0.18568,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5504C

secondary

#A9E2E4

accent

#ECF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5504C

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

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