#E45A62#E45A62

#E45A62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.172 H 19.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A62
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 98)
HSL	hsl(357, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, 54.20, 23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 59.18, 23.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.1615 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.172 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8590, 24.6930, 14.3255)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A62 #5AE4DC

analogous

#E45AA7 #E45A62 #E4975A

triadic

#E45A62 #62E45A #5A62E4

tetradic

#E45A62 #A7E45A #5AE4DC #975AE4

square

#E45A62 #A7E45A #5AE4DC #975AE4

split-complementary

#E45A62 #5AE497 #5AA7E4

monochromatic

#A81C24 #DB2530 #E45A62 #ED8F94 #F5C3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#E45A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#E45A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A62

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A62	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.172 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e8e',
    500: '#e45a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a62;
$custom-light: #f38e8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6483,
    "c": 0.17174,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A62

secondary

#B4E6E3

accent

#D4C912

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A62

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

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