#E45E56#E45E56

#E45E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.169 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45E56
RGB	rgb(228, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 51.59, 31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 60.32, 31.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.1513 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.169 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6809, 25.1762, 11.6775)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45E56 #56DCE4

analogous

#E45695 #E45E56 #E4A556

triadic

#E45E56 #56E45E #5E56E4

tetradic

#E45E56 #95E456 #56DCE4 #A556E4

square

#E45E56 #95E456 #56DCE4 #A556E4

split-complementary

#E45E56 #56E4A5 #5695E4

monochromatic

#A5221A #DA2D23 #E45E56 #EC908B #F5C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E45E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#E45E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45E56

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45E56	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.169 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39086',
    500: '#e45e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45e56;
$custom-light: #f39086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.38,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65119,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45E56

secondary

#B0E2E5

accent

#CAD511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45E56

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

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