#E45C59#E45C59

#E45C59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.170 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45C59
RGB	rgb(228, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, 52.69, 29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 60.23, 28.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.1553 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.17 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6287, 24.8744, 12.2690)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45C59 #59E1E4

analogous

#E4599C #E45C59 #E4A259

triadic

#E45C59 #59E45C #5C59E4

tetradic

#E45C59 #9CE459 #59E1E4 #A259E4

square

#E45C59 #9CE459 #59E1E4 #A259E4

split-complementary

#E45C59 #59E4A2 #599CE4

monochromatic

#A71E1B #DB2824 #E45C59 #ED908E #F5C3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E45C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#E45C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45C59

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45C59	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.170 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38f88',
    500: '#e45c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45c59;
$custom-light: #f38f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.295,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64913,
    "c": 0.17039,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45C59

secondary

#B3E5E6

accent

#D0D411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45C59

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

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