#E45957#E45957

#E45957 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.174 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45957
RGB	rgb(228, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 53.89, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 61.51, 28.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.1587 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.174 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2911, 24.3318, 11.7478)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45957 #57E2E4

analogous

#E4579C #E45957 #E4A057

triadic

#E45957 #57E459 #5957E4

tetradic

#E45957 #9CE457 #57E2E4 #A057E4

square

#E45957 #9CE457 #57E2E4 #A057E4

split-complementary

#E45957 #57E4A0 #579CE4

monochromatic

#A61D1B #DB2623 #E45957 #EC8D8C #F5C1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E45957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#E45957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45957

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45957	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.174 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e86',
    500: '#e45957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45957;
$custom-light: #f38e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.851,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.645,
    "c": 0.17387,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45957

secondary

#B1E5E6

accent

#D2D411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45957

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

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