#E8554C#E8554C

#E8554C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.184 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8554C
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 76)
HSL	hsl(3, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 67.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 56.31, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 66.76, 32.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% 0.1639 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.184 27)
XYZ	xyz(37.8356, 24.1799, 9.5109)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8554C #4CDFE8

analogous

#E84C91 #E8554C #E8A34C

triadic

#E8554C #4CE855 #554CE8

tetradic

#E8554C #91E84C #4CDFE8 #A34CE8

square

#E8554C #91E84C #4CDFE8 #A34CE8

split-complementary

#E8554C #4CE8A3 #4C91E8

monochromatic

#A41D15 #DB271C #E8554C #EF8982 #F6BCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E8554C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#E8554C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8554C

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8554C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8554C	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D734A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8554c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.184 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78b7e',
    500: '#e8554c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8554c;
$custom-light: #f78b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8554c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.462,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64458,
    "c": 0.18388,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.24175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8554C

secondary

#AAE2E6

accent

#CED90C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8554C

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

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