#E45561#E45561

#E45561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.177 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45561
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(355, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 56.29, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 60.90, 22.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.168 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.177 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4045, 23.8590, 13.9425)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45561 #55E4D8

analogous

#E455A9 #E45561 #E49155

triadic

#E45561 #61E455 #5561E4

tetradic

#E45561 #A9E455 #55E4D8 #9155E4

square

#E45561 #A9E455 #55E4D8 #9155E4

split-complementary

#E45561 #55E491 #55A9E4

monochromatic

#A41A26 #D92332 #E45561 #EC8A92 #F5BFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E45561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#E45561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45561

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45561	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D915D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9395A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.177 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b8d',
    500: '#e45561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45561;
$custom-light: #f38b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.965,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64202,
    "c": 0.17743,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45561

secondary

#B0E5E1

accent

#D5C411

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45561

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

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