#E8554D#E8554D

#E8554D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.184 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8554D
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 77)
HSL	hsl(3, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 66.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 56.37, 35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 66.51, 32.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.1642 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.184 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8706, 24.1939, 9.6955)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8554D #4DE0E8

analogous

#E84D92 #E8554D #E8A24D

triadic

#E8554D #4DE855 #554DE8

tetradic

#E8554D #92E84D #4DE0E8 #A24DE8

square

#E8554D #92E84D #4DE0E8 #A24DE8

split-complementary

#E8554D #4DE8A2 #4D92E8

monochromatic

#A51D15 #DB261C #E8554D #EF8983 #F6BDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E8554D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#E8554D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8554D

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8554D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8554D	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)

#7C734B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8554d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.184 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78b7f',
    500: '#e8554d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8554d;
$custom-light: #f78b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8554d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.097,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64473,
    "c": 0.18372,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8554D

secondary

#ABE3E6

accent

#CFD90C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8554D

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

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