#E45E61#E45E61

#E45E61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.167 H 21.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45E61
RGB	rgb(228, 94, 97)
HSL	hsl(359, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 52.34, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 58.09, 25.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.32% 0.1555 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(65.32% 0.167 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1586, 25.3673, 14.1939)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45E61 #5EE4E1

analogous

#E45EA4 #E45E61 #E49E5E

triadic

#E45E61 #61E45E #5E61E4

tetradic

#E45E61 #A4E45E #5EE4E1 #9E5EE4

square

#E45E61 #A4E45E #5EE4E1 #9E5EE4

split-complementary

#E45E61 #5EE49E #5EA4E4

monochromatic

#AB1D20 #DB2A2E #E45E61 #ED9294 #F6C7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E45E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E45E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45E61

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45E61	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1945E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 94, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.167 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3918e',
    500: '#e45e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45e61;
$custom-light: #f3918e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.657,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65318,
    "c": 0.16726,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45E61

secondary

#B7E7E6

accent

#D3CF12

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45E61

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

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