#E4505B#E4505B

#E4505B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.183 H 19.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4505B
RGB	rgb(228, 80, 91)
HSL	hsl(356, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.06, 57.97, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.06, 63.36, 23.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.1723 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.183 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7554, 22.9916, 12.3979)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4505B #50E4D9

analogous

#E450A5 #E4505B #E48F50

triadic

#E4505B #5BE450 #505BE4

tetradic

#E4505B #A5E450 #50E4D9 #8F50E4

square

#E4505B #A5E450 #50E4D9 #8F50E4

split-complementary

#E4505B #50E48F #50A5E4

monochromatic

#A11923 #D6212E #E4505B #EC858D #F4BABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E4505B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E4505B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4505B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4505B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4505B	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76705A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4505b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 80, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.183 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38989',
    500: '#e4505b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4505b;
$custom-light: #f38989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4505b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.541,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63506,
    "c": 0.18316,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4505B

secondary

#ACE4E0

accent

#D5C710

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4505B

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

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