#E45856#E45856

#E45856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.175 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45856
RGB	rgb(228, 88, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 54.26, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 62.00, 28.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.1597 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.175 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1679, 24.1503, 11.5066)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45856 #56E2E4

analogous

#E4569B #E45856 #E49F56

triadic

#E45856 #56E458 #5856E4

tetradic

#E45856 #9BE456 #56E2E4 #9F56E4

square

#E45856 #9BE456 #56E2E4 #9F56E4

split-complementary

#E45856 #56E49F #569BE4

monochromatic

#A51C1A #DA2523 #E45856 #EC8C8B #F5C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E45856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#E45856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45856

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45856	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 88, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.175 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38d85',
    500: '#e45856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45856;
$custom-light: #f38d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.845,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64359,
    "c": 0.17507,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45856

secondary

#B0E5E5

accent

#D2D511

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45856

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

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