#E45972#E45972

#E45972 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.173 H 12.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45972
RGB	rgb(228, 89, 114)
HSL	hsl(349, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(349, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 55.91, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 57.79, 14.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.1691 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.173 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6076, 24.8584, 18.6814)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45972 #59E4CB

analogous

#E459B7 #E45972 #E48659

triadic

#E45972 #72E459 #5972E4

tetradic

#E45972 #B7E459 #59E4CB #8659E4

square

#E45972 #B7E459 #59E4CB #8659E4

split-complementary

#E45972 #59E486 #59B7E4

monochromatic

#A71B34 #DB2445 #E45972 #ED8E9F #F5C2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E45972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#E45972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45972

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45972	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C936F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.173 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28e9a',
    500: '#e45972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45972;
$custom-light: #f28e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.209,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65058,
    "c": 0.1731,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45972

secondary

#B3E6DD

accent

#D4B111

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45972

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

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