#E45555#E45555

#E45555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.178 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45555
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 55.50, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 63.05, 28.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1634 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.178 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8867, 23.6519, 11.2155)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45555 #55E4E4

analogous

#E4559D #E45555 #E49D55

triadic

#E45555 #55E455 #5555E4

tetradic

#E45555 #9DE455 #55E4E4 #9D55E4

square

#E45555 #9DE455 #55E4E4 #9D55E4

split-complementary

#E45555 #55E49D #559DE4

monochromatic

#A41A1A #D92323 #E45555 #EC8A8A #F5BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E45555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E45555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45555

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45555	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.178 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b85',
    500: '#e45555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45555;
$custom-light: #f48b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63978,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45555

secondary

#B0E5E5

accent

#D5D511

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45555

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

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