#E45E59#E45E59

#E45E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.168 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45E59
RGB	rgb(228, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 51.78, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 59.66, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.1525 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.168 25)
XYZ	xyz(37.8043, 25.2255, 12.3275)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45E59 #59DFE4

analogous

#E4599A #E45E59 #E4A359

triadic

#E45E59 #59E45E #5E59E4

tetradic

#E45E59 #9AE459 #59DFE4 #A359E4

square

#E45E59 #9AE459 #59DFE4 #A359E4

split-complementary

#E45E59 #59E4A3 #599AE4

monochromatic

#A7201B #DB2B24 #E45E59 #ED918E #F5C4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E45E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#E45E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45E59

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45E59	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.168 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39088',
    500: '#e45e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45e59;
$custom-light: #f39088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.158,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6517,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.25221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45E59

secondary

#B3E4E6

accent

#CDD411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45E59

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

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