#E4555B#E4555B

#E4555B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.178 H 21.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4555B
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 91)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 55.88, 26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 61.89, 25.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% 0.1657 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.178 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1352, 23.7513, 12.5245)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4555B #55E4DE

analogous

#E455A2 #E4555B #E49755

triadic

#E4555B #5BE455 #555BE4

tetradic

#E4555B #A2E455 #55E4DE #9755E4

square

#E4555B #A2E455 #55E4DE #9755E4

split-complementary

#E4555B #55E497 #55A2E4

monochromatic

#A41A20 #D9232A #E4555B #EC8A8E #F5BFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E4555B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E4555B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4555B

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4555B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4555B	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79735A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4555b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.178 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b89',
    500: '#e4555b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4555b;
$custom-light: #f38b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4555b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.483,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64086,
    "c": 0.17778,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4555B

secondary

#B0E5E3

accent

#D5CC11

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4555B

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

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