#E45B5E#E45B5E

#E45B5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.171 H 21.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45B5E
RGB	rgb(228, 91, 94)
HSL	hsl(359, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 53.47, 26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 59.54, 26.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.1586 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.171 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7598, 24.7892, 13.3839)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45B5E #5BE4E1

analogous

#E45BA3 #E45B5E #E49C5B

triadic

#E45B5E #5EE45B #5B5EE4

tetradic

#E45B5E #A3E45B #5BE4E1 #9C5BE4

square

#E45B5E #A3E45B #5BE4E1 #9C5BE4

split-complementary

#E45B5E #5BE49C #5BA3E4

monochromatic

#A91C1F #DB262A #E45B5E #ED9092 #F5C4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E45B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E45B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45B5E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45B5E	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	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)

#7D765D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0935B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 91, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.171 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38f8b',
    500: '#e45b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45b5e;
$custom-light: #f38f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.686,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64878,
    "c": 0.17091,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45B5E

secondary

#B4E6E5

accent

#D4D012

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45B5E

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

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