#E45550#E45550

#E45550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.179 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45550
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 55.20, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 64.16, 30.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.1616 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.179 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6950, 23.5752, 10.2060)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45550 #50DFE4

analogous

#E45095 #E45550 #E49F50

triadic

#E45550 #50E455 #5550E4

tetradic

#E45550 #95E450 #50DFE4 #9F50E4

square

#E45550 #95E450 #50DFE4 #9F50E4

split-complementary

#E45550 #50E49F #5095E4

monochromatic

#A11D19 #D62721 #E45550 #EC8985 #F4BCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E45550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E45550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45550

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45550	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)

#7B724E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.179 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b81',
    500: '#e45550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45550;
$custom-light: #f48b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.027,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63895,
    "c": 0.17902,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45550

secondary

#ACE2E4

accent

#CFD510

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45550

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

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