#E45551#E45551

#E45551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.179 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45551
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 55.26, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 63.93, 30.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1619 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.179 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7323, 23.5901, 10.4021)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E45551 #51E0E4

analogous

#E45196 #E45551 #E49F51

triadic

#E45551 #51E455 #5551E4

tetradic

#E45551 #96E451 #51E0E4 #9F51E4

square

#E45551 #96E451 #51E0E4 #9F51E4

split-complementary

#E45551 #51E49F #5196E4

monochromatic

#A21D19 #D72621 #E45551 #EC8986 #F4BDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E45551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#E45551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45551

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45551	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.179 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b82',
    500: '#e45551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45551;
$custom-light: #f48b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.633,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63911,
    "c": 0.17888,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45551

secondary

#ACE3E4

accent

#D0D510

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45551

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

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