#E45A56#E45A56

#E45A56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.173 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A56
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 53.38, 30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 61.44, 29.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.157 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.173 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3343, 24.4831, 11.5620)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A56 #56E0E4

analogous

#E45699 #E45A56 #E4A156

triadic

#E45A56 #56E45A #5A56E4

tetradic

#E45A56 #99E456 #56E0E4 #A156E4

square

#E45A56 #99E456 #56E0E4 #A156E4

split-complementary

#E45A56 #56E4A1 #5699E4

monochromatic

#A51E1A #DA2823 #E45A56 #EC8E8B #F5C1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E45A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#E45A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A56

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A56	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)

#7D7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.173 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e85',
    500: '#e45a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a56;
$custom-light: #f38e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.69,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64608,
    "c": 0.17295,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A56

secondary

#B0E4E5

accent

#CFD511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A56

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

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