#E55451#E55451

#E55451 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.181 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55451
RGB	rgb(229, 84, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 56.01, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 64.61, 29.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.1642 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.181 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9723, 23.5978, 10.3909)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55451 #51E2E5

analogous

#E55198 #E55451 #E59E51

triadic

#E55451 #51E554 #5451E5

tetradic

#E55451 #98E551 #51E2E5 #9E51E5

square

#E55451 #98E551 #51E2E5 #9E51E5

split-complementary

#E55451 #51E59E #5198E5

monochromatic

#A31B18 #D82420 #E55451 #ED8886 #F5BDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E55451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#E55451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55451

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55451	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 84, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.181 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58b82',
    500: '#e55451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55451;
$custom-light: #f58b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.216,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63948,
    "c": 0.18097,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55451

secondary

#ADE4E5

accent

#D2D60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55451

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

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