#E45557#E45557

#E45557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.178 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45557
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 55.62, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 62.64, 27.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.1642 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.178 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9673, 23.6841, 11.6398)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45557 #55E4E2

analogous

#E4559F #E45557 #E49B55

triadic

#E45557 #57E455 #5557E4

tetradic

#E45557 #9FE455 #55E4E2 #9B55E4

square

#E45557 #9FE455 #55E4E2 #9B55E4

split-complementary

#E45557 #55E49B #559FE4

monochromatic

#A41A1C #D92325 #E45557 #EC8A8B #F5BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E45557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E45557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45557

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45557	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.178 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b86',
    500: '#e45557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45557;
$custom-light: #f38b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.161,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64013,
    "c": 0.17815,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45557

secondary

#B0E5E4

accent

#D5D211

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45557

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

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