#E5544E#E5544E

#E5544E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.181 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5544E
RGB	rgb(229, 84, 78)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 55.84, 33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 65.30, 31.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1631 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.181 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8623, 23.5538, 9.8115)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5544E #4EDFE5

analogous

#E54E94 #E5544E #E59F4E

triadic

#E5544E #4EE554 #544EE5

tetradic

#E5544E #94E54E #4EDFE5 #9F4EE5

square

#E5544E #94E54E #4EDFE5 #9F4EE5

split-complementary

#E5544E #4EE59F #4E94E5

monochromatic

#A11D18 #D6271F #E5544E #ED8883 #F5BBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E5544E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E5544E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5544E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5544E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5544E	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5544e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 84, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.181 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58b80',
    500: '#e5544e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5544e;
$custom-light: #f58b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5544e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.384,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.639,
    "c": 0.1814,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5544E

secondary

#AAE2E4

accent

#CFD70F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5544E

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

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