#E45A72#E45A72

#E45A72 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.172 H 12.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A72
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 114)
HSL	hsl(350, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(350, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, 55.47, 14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 57.43, 14.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.1677 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.172 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6914, 25.0260, 18.7093)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A72 #5AE4CC

analogous

#E45AB7 #E45A72 #E4875A

triadic

#E45A72 #72E45A #5A72E4

tetradic

#E45A72 #B7E45A #5AE4CC #875AE4

square

#E45A72 #B7E45A #5AE4CC #875AE4

split-complementary

#E45A72 #5AE487 #5AB7E4

monochromatic

#A81C34 #DB2545 #E45A72 #ED8F9F #F5C3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E45A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#E45A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A72

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A72	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C946F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F84563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.172 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28f9a',
    500: '#e45a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a72;
$custom-light: #f28f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.565,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6518,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A72

secondary

#B4E6DD

accent

#D4B212

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A72

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

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