#E45A65#E45A65

#E45A65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.172 H 18.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A65
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 101)
HSL	hsl(355, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(355, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 55.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 54.42, 22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 58.73, 22.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.1627 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.172 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0034, 24.7507, 15.0855)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A65 #5AE4D9

analogous

#E45AAA #E45A65 #E4945A

triadic

#E45A65 #65E45A #5A65E4

tetradic

#E45A65 #AAE45A #5AE4D9 #945AE4

square

#E45A65 #AAE45A #5AE4D9 #945AE4

split-complementary

#E45A65 #5AE494 #5AAAE4

monochromatic

#A81C27 #DB2534 #E45A65 #ED8F96 #F5C3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E45A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E45A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A65

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A65	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.172 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e90',
    500: '#e45a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a65;
$custom-light: #f38e90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.217,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64891,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A65

secondary

#B4E6E2

accent

#D4C412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A65

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

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