#E5545E#E5545E

#E5545E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.180 H 19.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5545E
RGB	rgb(229, 84, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 56.83, 24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 62.07, 23.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.1691 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.18 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5073, 23.8118, 13.2086)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5545E #54E5DB

analogous

#E554A7 #E5545E #E59354

triadic

#E5545E #5EE554 #545EE5

tetradic

#E5545E #A7E554 #54E5DB #9354E5

square

#E5545E #A7E554 #54E5DB #9354E5

split-complementary

#E5545E #54E593 #54A7E5

monochromatic

#A51923 #DB212E #E5545E #ED8990 #F5BEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E5545E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E5545E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5545E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5545E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5545E	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79735D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D915A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5545e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 84, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.180 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b8b',
    500: '#e5545e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5545e;
$custom-light: #f48b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5545e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6418,
    "c": 0.17972,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5545E

secondary

#AFE6E2

accent

#D6C810

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5545E

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

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