#E4555E#E4555E

#E4555E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.178 H 20.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4555E
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 56.08, 24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 61.37, 23.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% 0.1669 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.178 20)
XYZ	xyz(37.2672, 23.8041, 13.2197)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4555E #55E4DB

analogous

#E455A6 #E4555E #E49455

triadic

#E4555E #5EE455 #555EE4

tetradic

#E4555E #A6E455 #55E4DB #9455E4

square

#E4555E #A6E455 #55E4DB #9455E4

split-complementary

#E4555E #55E494 #55A6E4

monochromatic

#A41A23 #D9232E #E4555E #EC8A90 #F5BFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E4555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E4555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4555E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4555E	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79735D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D915A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.178 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b8b',
    500: '#e4555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4555e;
$custom-light: #f38b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.224,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64143,
    "c": 0.17757,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.23799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4555E

secondary

#B0E5E2

accent

#D5C811

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4555E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →