#E45B57#E45B57
#E45B57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.172 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45B57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 91, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(2, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(2, 62%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 61.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.75, 53.00, 30.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.75, 60.94, 29.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.75% 0.1559 0.072) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.75% 0.172 24.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.4598, 24.6692, 11.8040) |
| Luminance | 0.2466 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.08
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.14
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.37
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.63
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.84
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45B57 #57E0E4
analogous
#E4579A #E45B57 #E4A257
triadic
#E45B57 #57E45B #5B57E4
tetradic
#E45B57 #9AE457 #57E0E4 #A257E4
square
#E45B57 #9AE457 #57E0E4 #A257E4
split-complementary
#E45B57 #57E4A2 #579AE4
monochromatic
#A61F1B #DB2823 #E45B57 #EC8E8C #F5C2C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.54
#E45B57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.93
#E45B57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45B57
5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45B57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45B57 | 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)
#7E7656
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09354
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9405B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45b57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 91, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.172 24.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f38f86',
500: '#e45b57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45b57; $custom-light: #f38f86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45b57",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 91,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 1.702,
"s": 72.308,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64751,
"c": 0.17174,
"h": 24.8
},
"luminance": 0.24664
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45B57
secondary
#B1E4E6
accent
#CFD411
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C