#E45C61#E45C61

#E45C61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.170 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45C61
RGB	rgb(228, 92, 97)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 53.24, 24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 58.71, 24.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% 0.1584 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.17 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9831, 25.0162, 14.1354)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45C61 #5CE4DF

analogous

#E45CA5 #E45C61 #E49B5C

triadic

#E45C61 #61E45C #5C61E4

tetradic

#E45C61 #A5E45C #5CE4DF #9B5CE4

square

#E45C61 #A5E45C #5CE4DF #9B5CE4

split-complementary

#E45C61 #5CE49B #5CA5E4

monochromatic

#AA1C21 #DB272E #E45C61 #ED9194 #F5C5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E45C61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#E45C61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45C61

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45C61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45C61	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0945E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45c61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.170 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38f8d',
    500: '#e45c61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45c61;
$custom-light: #f38f8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45c61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.794,
    "s": 71.579,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65062,
    "c": 0.16954,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45C61

secondary

#B5E7E5

accent

#D4CC12

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45C61

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

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