#E45A55#E45A55

#E45A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.173 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A55
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 53.32, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 61.66, 30.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% 0.1566 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.173 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2943, 24.4671, 11.3513)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A55 #55DFE4

analogous

#E45598 #E45A55 #E4A255

triadic

#E45A55 #55E45A #5A55E4

tetradic

#E45A55 #98E455 #55DFE4 #A255E4

square

#E45A55 #98E455 #55DFE4 #A255E4

split-complementary

#E45A55 #55E4A2 #5598E4

monochromatic

#A41F1A #D92923 #E45A55 #EC8D8A #F5C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E45A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E45A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A55

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A55	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.173 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e85',
    500: '#e45a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a55;
$custom-light: #f38e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.098,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64591,
    "c": 0.17308,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A55

secondary

#B0E3E5

accent

#CED511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A55

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

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