#E45956#E45956

#E45956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.174 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45956
RGB	rgb(228, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 53.83, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 61.72, 29.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.1584 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.174 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2506, 24.3156, 11.5341)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45956 #56E1E4

analogous

#E4569A #E45956 #E4A056

triadic

#E45956 #56E459 #5956E4

tetradic

#E45956 #9AE456 #56E1E4 #A056E4

square

#E45956 #9AE456 #56E1E4 #A056E4

split-complementary

#E45956 #56E4A0 #569AE4

monochromatic

#A51D1A #DA2723 #E45956 #EC8D8B #F5C1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E45956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E45956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45956

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45956	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.174 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38d85',
    500: '#e45956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45956;
$custom-light: #f38d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.268,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64483,
    "c": 0.17401,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45956

secondary

#B0E4E5

accent

#D0D511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45956

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

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