#E45757#E45757

#E45757 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.176 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45757
RGB	rgb(228, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 54.76, 29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 62.07, 28.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.1615 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.176 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1270, 24.0035, 11.6931)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45757 #57E4E4

analogous

#E4579E #E45757 #E49E57

triadic

#E45757 #57E457 #5757E4

tetradic

#E45757 #9EE457 #57E4E4 #9E57E4

square

#E45757 #9EE457 #57E4E4 #9E57E4

split-complementary

#E45757 #57E49E #579EE4

monochromatic

#A61B1B #DB2323 #E45757 #EC8C8C #F5C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E45757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#E45757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45757

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45757	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.176 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38c86',
    500: '#e45757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45757;
$custom-light: #f38c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64254,
    "c": 0.17601,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45757

secondary

#B1E6E6

accent

#D4D411

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45757

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

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