#E45A68#E45A68
#E45A68 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.172 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45A68 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 90, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(354, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(354, 61%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 54.4%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.89, 54.65, 20.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.89, 58.34, 20.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.95% 0.1639 0.0508) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.95% 0.172 17.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.1530, 24.8106, 15.8738) |
| Luminance | 0.2481 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.02
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 5.10
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 5.17
Rose (survey)
#CF6275
ΔE00 5.52
Red Pink
#FA2A55
ΔE00 5.93
Reddish Pink
#FE2C54
ΔE00 6.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45A68 #5AE4D6
analogous
#E45AAD #E45A68 #E4915A
triadic
#E45A68 #68E45A #5A68E4
tetradic
#E45A68 #ADE45A #5AE4D6 #915AE4
square
#E45A68 #ADE45A #5AE4D6 #915AE4
split-complementary
#E45A68 #5AE491 #5AADE4
monochromatic
#A81C2A #DB2538 #E45A68 #ED8F98 #F5C3C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.52
#E45A68 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.96
#E45A68 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45A68
5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45A68 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45A68 | 1.00 | 3.52 | 5.96 | 5.96 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7B7768
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E9365
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F84260
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45a68; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.172 17.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f28e93',
500: '#e45a68',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45a68; $custom-light: #f28e93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45a68",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 90,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 353.913,
"s": 71.875,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64954,
"c": 0.17154,
"h": 17.2
},
"luminance": 0.24806
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45A68
secondary
#B4E6E1
accent
#D4C012
background
#FFF9F9
surface
#FFF1F1
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0D
muted
#867E7E