#E4554E#E4554E

#E4554E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.179 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4554E
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 78)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 55.08, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 64.63, 31.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1608 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.179 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6222, 23.5461, 9.8227)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4554E #4EDDE4

analogous

#E44E92 #E4554E #E4A04E

triadic

#E4554E #4EE455 #554EE4

tetradic

#E4554E #92E44E #4EDDE4 #A04EE4

square

#E4554E #92E44E #4EDDE4 #A04EE4

split-complementary

#E4554E #4EE4A0 #4E92E4

monochromatic

#9F1F18 #D42920 #E4554E #EC8883 #F4BBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E4554E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E4554E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4554E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4554E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4554E	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)

#7B724C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4554e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.179 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b80',
    500: '#e4554e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4554e;
$custom-light: #f48b80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4554e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63863,
    "c": 0.17932,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4554E

secondary

#AAE1E4

accent

#E8F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4554E

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

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