#E45A5E#E45A5E

#E45A5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.172 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A5E
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 94)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 53.92, 25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 59.85, 25.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% 0.16 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.172 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6749, 24.6193, 13.3556)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A5E #5AE4E0

analogous

#E45AA3 #E45A5E #E49B5A

triadic

#E45A5E #5EE45A #5A5EE4

tetradic

#E45A5E #A3E45A #5AE4E0 #9B5AE4

square

#E45A5E #A3E45A #5AE4E0 #9B5AE4

split-complementary

#E45A5E #5AE49B #5AA3E4

monochromatic

#A81C20 #DB252B #E45A5E #ED8F91 #F5C3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E45A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#E45A5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A5E

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A5E	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C765D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.172 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e8b',
    500: '#e45a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a5e;
$custom-light: #f38e8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.261,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64752,
    "c": 0.17203,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A5E

secondary

#B4E6E5

accent

#D4CE12

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A5E

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

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