#E45C56#E45C56

#E45C56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.171 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45C56
RGB	rgb(228, 92, 86)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 52.49, 30.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 60.88, 30.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% 0.1542 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.171 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5053, 24.8251, 11.6190)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45C56 #56DEE4

analogous

#E45697 #E45C56 #E4A356

triadic

#E45C56 #56E45C #5C56E4

tetradic

#E45C56 #97E456 #56DEE4 #A356E4

square

#E45C56 #97E456 #56DEE4 #A356E4

split-complementary

#E45C56 #56E4A3 #5697E4

monochromatic

#A5201A #DA2B23 #E45C56 #EC8F8B #F5C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E45C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E45C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45C56

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45C56	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)

#7F7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.171 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38f85',
    500: '#e45c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45c56;
$custom-light: #f38f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.535,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64861,
    "c": 0.17081,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45C56

secondary

#B0E3E5

accent

#CCD511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45C56

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

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