#E4554D#E4554D

#E4554D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.179 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4554D
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 77)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 66.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 55.03, 34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 64.87, 31.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.1605 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.179 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5867, 23.5318, 9.6353)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4554D #4DDCE4

analogous

#E44D90 #E4554D #E4A14D

triadic

#E4554D #4DE455 #554DE4

tetradic

#E4554D #90E44D #4DDCE4 #A14DE4

square

#E4554D #90E44D #4DDCE4 #A14DE4

split-complementary

#E4554D #4DE4A1 #4D90E4

monochromatic

#9F1F18 #D42A20 #E4554D #EC8882 #F4BBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E4554D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E4554D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4554D

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4554D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4554D	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4554d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.179 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b7f',
    500: '#e4554d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4554d;
$custom-light: #f48b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4554d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.179,
    "s": 73.659,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63848,
    "c": 0.17947,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4554D

secondary

#A9E0E4

accent

#E7F037

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4554D

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

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