#E4555C#E4555C

#E4555C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.178 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4555C
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 92)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 59.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 55.95, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 61.71, 24.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.1661 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.178 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1787, 23.7686, 12.7532)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4555C #55E4DD

analogous

#E455A4 #E4555C #E49655

triadic

#E4555C #5CE455 #555CE4

tetradic

#E4555C #A4E455 #55E4DD #9655E4

square

#E4555C #A4E455 #55E4DD #9655E4

split-complementary

#E4555C #55E496 #55A4E4

monochromatic

#A41A21 #D9232B #E4555C #EC8A8F #F5BFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E4555C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E4555C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4555C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4555C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4555C	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)

#79735B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4555c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.178 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b8a',
    500: '#e4555c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4555c;
$custom-light: #f38b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4555c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.063,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64105,
    "c": 0.1777,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4555C

secondary

#B0E5E3

accent

#D5CB11

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4555C

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

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