#E45C55#E45C55

#E45C55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.171 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45C55
RGB	rgb(228, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, 52.43, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 61.11, 30.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% 0.1538 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.171 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4653, 24.8091, 11.4083)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45C55 #55DDE4

analogous

#E45596 #E45C55 #E4A455

triadic

#E45C55 #55E45C #5C55E4

tetradic

#E45C55 #96E455 #55DDE4 #A455E4

square

#E45C55 #96E455 #55DDE4 #A455E4

split-complementary

#E45C55 #55E4A4 #5596E4

monochromatic

#A4211A #D92B23 #E45C55 #EC8F8A #F5C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E45C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E45C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45C55

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45C55	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	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)

#7F7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9415B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.171 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38f85',
    500: '#e45c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45c55;
$custom-light: #f38f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.937,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64844,
    "c": 0.17097,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45C55

secondary

#B0E3E5

accent

#CBD511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45C55

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

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