#E45B56#E45B56

#E45B56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.172 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45B56
RGB	rgb(228, 91, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 52.94, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 61.16, 30.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.1556 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.172 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4193, 24.6530, 11.5903)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45B56 #56DFE4

analogous

#E45698 #E45B56 #E4A256

triadic

#E45B56 #56E45B #5B56E4

tetradic

#E45B56 #98E456 #56DFE4 #A256E4

square

#E45B56 #98E456 #56DFE4 #A256E4

split-complementary

#E45B56 #56E4A2 #5698E4

monochromatic

#A51F1A #DA2923 #E45B56 #EC8E8B #F5C1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#E45B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#E45B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45B56

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45B56	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 91, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.172 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38f85',
    500: '#e45b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45b56;
$custom-light: #f38f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.113,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64734,
    "c": 0.17188,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45B56

secondary

#B0E3E5

accent

#CED511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45B56

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

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