#E45955#E45955

#E45955 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.174 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45955
RGB	rgb(228, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, 53.76, 30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 61.94, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% 0.158 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.174 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2105, 24.2996, 11.3234)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45955 #55E0E4

analogous

#E45599 #E45955 #E4A155

triadic

#E45955 #55E459 #5955E4

tetradic

#E45955 #99E455 #55E0E4 #A155E4

square

#E45955 #99E455 #55E0E4 #A155E4

split-complementary

#E45955 #55E4A1 #5599E4

monochromatic

#A41E1A #D92823 #E45955 #EC8D8A #F5C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E45955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E45955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45955

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45955	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.174 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38d85',
    500: '#e45955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45955;
$custom-light: #f38d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.678,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64466,
    "c": 0.17414,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45955

secondary

#B0E4E5

accent

#CFD511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45955

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

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