#E45553#E45553

#E45553 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.179 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45553
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 55.37, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 63.48, 29.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.1627 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.179 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8084, 23.6205, 10.8029)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45553 #53E2E4

analogous

#E45399 #E45553 #E49E53

triadic

#E45553 #53E455 #5553E4

tetradic

#E45553 #99E453 #53E2E4 #9E53E4

square

#E45553 #99E453 #53E2E4 #9E53E4

split-complementary

#E45553 #53E49E #5399E4

monochromatic

#A31B1A #D82422 #E45553 #EC8988 #F5BEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E45553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#E45553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45553

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45553	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)

#7A7252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E914F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.179 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b83',
    500: '#e45553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45553;
$custom-light: #f48b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.828,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63944,
    "c": 0.17861,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45553

secondary

#AEE4E5

accent

#D2D511

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45553

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

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