#E45A57#E45A57

#E45A57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.173 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A57
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 53.45, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 61.22, 29.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.1573 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.173 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3749, 24.4994, 11.7757)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A57 #57E1E4

analogous

#E4579A #E45A57 #E4A157

triadic

#E45A57 #57E45A #5A57E4

tetradic

#E45A57 #9AE457 #57E1E4 #A157E4

square

#E45A57 #9AE457 #57E1E4 #A157E4

split-complementary

#E45A57 #57E4A1 #579AE4

monochromatic

#A61E1B #DB2723 #E45A57 #EC8E8C #F5C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E45A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#E45A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A57

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A57	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)

#7D7556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.173 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e86',
    500: '#e45a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a57;
$custom-light: #f38e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.277,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64625,
    "c": 0.1728,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A57

secondary

#B1E4E6

accent

#D0D411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A57

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

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