#E45B5A#E45B5A
#E45B5A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.171 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45B5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 91, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 72%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 61%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 60.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.80, 53.20, 28.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.80, 60.31, 28.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.8% 0.1571 0.0685) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.8% 0.171 23.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.5849, 24.7192, 12.4630) |
| Luminance | 0.2471 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 1.99
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.58
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.50
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.63
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.63
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45B5A #5AE3E4
analogous
#E45A9E #E45B5A #E4A05A
triadic
#E45B5A #5AE45B #5B5AE4
tetradic
#E45B5A #9EE45A #5AE3E4 #A05AE4
square
#E45B5A #9EE45A #5AE3E4 #A05AE4
split-complementary
#E45B5A #5AE4A0 #5A9EE4
monochromatic
#A81D1C #DB2725 #E45B5A #ED8F8F #F5C4C3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.53
#E45B5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.94
#E45B5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45B5A
5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45B5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45B5A | 1.00 | 3.53 | 5.94 | 5.94 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.53 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E7659
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09357
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9405C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45b5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 91, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.171 23.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f38f88',
500: '#e45b5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45b5a; $custom-light: #f38f88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45b5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 91,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0.435,
"s": 71.875,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64804,
"c": 0.17134,
"h": 23.6
},
"luminance": 0.24714
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45B5A
secondary
#B4E6E6
accent
#D3D412
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C