#E45552#E45552

#E45552 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.179 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45552
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 55.31, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 63.70, 29.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.1623 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.179 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7700, 23.6052, 10.6010)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45552 #52E1E4

analogous

#E45298 #E45552 #E49E52

triadic

#E45552 #52E455 #5552E4

tetradic

#E45552 #98E452 #52E1E4 #9E52E4

square

#E45552 #98E452 #52E1E4 #9E52E4

split-complementary

#E45552 #52E49E #5298E4

monochromatic

#A21C19 #D72522 #E45552 #EC8987 #F5BDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E45552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#E45552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45552

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45552	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)

#7B7251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E914E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.179 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b82',
    500: '#e45552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45552;
$custom-light: #f48b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.233,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63927,
    "c": 0.17874,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45552

secondary

#ADE3E5

accent

#D1D510

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45552

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

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