#E45A5B#E45A5B

#E45A5B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.172 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A5B
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 91)
HSL	hsl(360, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(360, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, 53.71, 27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 60.41, 27.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% 0.1589 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.172 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5429, 24.5665, 12.6604)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A5B #5AE4E3

analogous

#E45AA0 #E45A5B #E49E5A

triadic

#E45A5B #5BE45A #5A5BE4

tetradic

#E45A5B #A0E45A #5AE4E3 #9E5AE4

square

#E45A5B #A0E45A #5AE4E3 #9E5AE4

split-complementary

#E45A5B #5AE49E #5AA0E4

monochromatic

#A81C1D #DB2527 #E45A5B #ED8F8F #F5C3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E45A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#E45A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A5B

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A5B	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)

#7D765A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.172 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e89',
    500: '#e45a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a5b;
$custom-light: #f38e89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.565,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64696,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A5B

secondary

#B4E6E6

accent

#D4D312

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A5B

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

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