#E45959#E45959

#E45959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.174 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45959
RGB	rgb(228, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 54.02, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 61.09, 27.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.1595 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.174 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3740, 24.3649, 12.1841)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45959 #59E4E4

analogous

#E4599F #E45959 #E49F59

triadic

#E45959 #59E459 #5959E4

tetradic

#E45959 #9FE459 #59E4E4 #9F59E4

square

#E45959 #9FE459 #59E4E4 #9F59E4

split-complementary

#E45959 #59E49F #599FE4

monochromatic

#A71B1B #DB2424 #E45959 #ED8E8E #F5C2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E45959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#E45959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45959

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45959	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)

#7C7558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.174 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e88',
    500: '#e45959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45959;
$custom-light: #f38e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64535,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45959

secondary

#B3E6E6

accent

#D4D411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45959

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

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