#E45960#E45960
#E45960 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.173 H 20.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45960 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 89, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(357, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(357, 61%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61%, 57.9%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.57, 54.50, 24.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.57, 59.81, 24.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.67% 0.1622 0.0603) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.67% 0.173 20.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.6820, 24.4882, 13.8065) |
| Luminance | 0.2448 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.01
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.20
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.27
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.04
Reddish Pink
#FE2C54
ΔE00 5.62
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 5.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45960 #59E4DD
analogous
#E459A6 #E45960 #E49759
triadic
#E45960 #60E459 #5960E4
tetradic
#E45960 #A6E459 #59E4DD #9759E4
square
#E45960 #A6E459 #59E4DD #9759E4
split-complementary
#E45960 #59E497 #59A6E4
monochromatic
#A71B22 #DB242E #E45960 #ED8E92 #F5C2C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.56
#E45960 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.90
#E45960 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45960
5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45960 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45960 | 1.00 | 3.56 | 5.90 | 5.90 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7B755F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E935D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F93F5D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45960; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.173 20.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f38e8d',
500: '#e45960',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45960; $custom-light: #f38e8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45960",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 89,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 356.978,
"s": 72.021,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64667,
"c": 0.17299,
"h": 20.4
},
"luminance": 0.24483
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45960
secondary
#B3E6E3
accent
#D4CA11
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D