#E45C5B#E45C5B

#E45C5B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.170 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45C5B
RGB	rgb(228, 92, 91)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 60.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 52.82, 28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 59.82, 27.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% 0.1561 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.17 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7138, 24.9085, 12.7173)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45C5B #5BE3E4

analogous

#E45B9E #E45C5B #E4A15B

triadic

#E45C5B #5BE45C #5C5BE4

tetradic

#E45C5B #9EE45B #5BE3E4 #A15BE4

square

#E45C5B #9EE45B #5BE3E4 #A15BE4

split-complementary

#E45C5B #5BE4A1 #5B9EE4

monochromatic

#A91D1C #DB2826 #E45C5B #ED9090 #F5C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E45C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E45C5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45C5B

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45C5B	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E775A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.170 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38f89',
    500: '#e45c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45c5b;
$custom-light: #f38f89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.438,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64949,
    "c": 0.17013,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45C5B

secondary

#B4E6E6

accent

#D2D412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45C5B

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

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