#E45656#E45656

#E45656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.177 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45656
RGB	rgb(228, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 55.13, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 62.56, 28.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.1625 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.177 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0060, 23.8264, 11.4526)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45656 #56E4E4

analogous

#E4569D #E45656 #E49D56

triadic

#E45656 #56E456 #5656E4

tetradic

#E45656 #9DE456 #56E4E4 #9D56E4

square

#E45656 #9DE456 #56E4E4 #9D56E4

split-complementary

#E45656 #56E49D #569DE4

monochromatic

#A51A1A #DA2323 #E45656 #EC8B8B #F5C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E45656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E45656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45656

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45656	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.177 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38c85',
    500: '#e45656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45656;
$custom-light: #f38c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64116,
    "c": 0.17719,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45656

secondary

#B0E5E5

accent

#D5D511

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45656

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

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