#E4554C#E4554C

#E4554C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.180 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4554C
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 76)
HSL	hsl(4, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 54.97, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 65.12, 32.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.1601 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.18 27)
XYZ	xyz(36.5516, 23.5178, 9.4508)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4554C #4CDBE4

analogous

#E44C8F #E4554C #E4A14C

triadic

#E4554C #4CE455 #554CE4

tetradic

#E4554C #8FE44C #4CDBE4 #A14CE4

square

#E4554C #8FE44C #4CDBE4 #A14CE4

split-complementary

#E4554C #4CE4A1 #4C8FE4

monochromatic

#9E2018 #D32A20 #E4554C #EC8881 #F4BAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E4554C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#E4554C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4554C

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4554C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4554C	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4554c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.180 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b7e',
    500: '#e4554c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4554c;
$custom-light: #f48b7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4554c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.553,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63832,
    "c": 0.17963,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.23513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4554C

secondary

#A8E0E3

accent

#E5F037

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4554C

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

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