#E45562#E45562

#E45562 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.177 H 18.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45562
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 98)
HSL	hsl(355, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 56.37, 22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 60.76, 21.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1684 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.177 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4514, 23.8777, 14.1896)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45562 #55E4D7

analogous

#E455AA #E45562 #E49055

triadic

#E45562 #62E455 #5562E4

tetradic

#E45562 #AAE455 #55E4D7 #9055E4

square

#E45562 #AAE455 #55E4D7 #9055E4

split-complementary

#E45562 #55E490 #55AAE4

monochromatic

#A41A27 #D92333 #E45562 #EC8A93 #F5BFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E45562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#E45562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45562

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45562	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)

#787362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D915E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.177 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b8e',
    500: '#e45562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45562;
$custom-light: #f38b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64223,
    "c": 0.17739,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45562

secondary

#B0E5E0

accent

#D5C311

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45562

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

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