#E45A5A#E45A5A

#E45A5A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.172 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A5A
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 90)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 53.64, 28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 60.60, 27.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% 0.1585 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.172 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5000, 24.5494, 12.4347)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A5A #5AE4E4

analogous

#E45A9F #E45A5A #E49F5A

triadic

#E45A5A #5AE45A #5A5AE4

tetradic

#E45A5A #9FE45A #5AE4E4 #9F5AE4

square

#E45A5A #9FE45A #5AE4E4 #9F5AE4

split-complementary

#E45A5A #5AE49F #5A9FE4

monochromatic

#A81C1C #DB2525 #E45A5A #ED8F8F #F5C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E45A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#E45A5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A5A

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A5A	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.172 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e88',
    500: '#e45a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a5a;
$custom-light: #f38e88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64678,
    "c": 0.17243,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A5A

secondary

#B4E6E6

accent

#D4D412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A5A

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

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