#E45257#E45257

#E45257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.181 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45257
RGB	rgb(228, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 56.89, 28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 63.50, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.1682 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.181 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7361, 23.2217, 11.5628)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45257 #52E4DF

analogous

#E452A0 #E45257 #E49652

triadic

#E45257 #57E452 #5257E4

tetradic

#E45257 #A0E452 #52E4DF #9652E4

square

#E45257 #A0E452 #52E4DF #9652E4

split-complementary

#E45257 #52E496 #52A0E4

monochromatic

#A2191E #D72228 #E45257 #EC878A #F5BCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E45257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E45257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45257

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45257	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.181 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a86',
    500: '#e45257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45257;
$custom-light: #f48a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.945,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63661,
    "c": 0.18131,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45257

secondary

#ADE5E3

accent

#D5CE10

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45257

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

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