#E45556#E45556

#E45556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.178 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45556
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(360, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 55.56, 29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 62.85, 27.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.1638 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.178 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9267, 23.6679, 11.4262)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45556 #55E4E3

analogous

#E4559E #E45556 #E49C55

triadic

#E45556 #56E455 #5556E4

tetradic

#E45556 #9EE455 #55E4E3 #9C55E4

square

#E45556 #9EE455 #55E4E3 #9C55E4

split-complementary

#E45556 #55E49C #559EE4

monochromatic

#A41A1B #D92324 #E45556 #EC8A8B #F5BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E45556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E45556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45556

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45556	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#7A7255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.178 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b85',
    500: '#e45556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45556;
$custom-light: #f38b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.58,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63995,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45556

secondary

#B0E5E5

accent

#D5D311

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45556

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

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