#E45E65#E45E65
#E45E65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.167 H 19.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45E65 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 94, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(357, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(357, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 55.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.51, 52.64, 22.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.51, 57.43, 23.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.4% 0.1571 0.0567) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.4% 0.167 19.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.3499, 25.4438, 15.2010) |
| Luminance | 0.2544 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.83
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.67
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.69
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.49
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.91
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 6.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45E65 #5EE4DD
analogous
#E45EA8 #E45E65 #E49A5E
triadic
#E45E65 #65E45E #5E65E4
tetradic
#E45E65 #A8E45E #5EE4DD #9A5EE4
square
#E45E65 #A8E45E #5EE4DD #9A5EE4
split-complementary
#E45E65 #5EE49A #5EA8E4
monochromatic
#AB1D24 #DB2A33 #E45E65 #ED9297 #F6C7C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.45
#E45E65 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.09
#E45E65 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45E65
6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45E65 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45E65 | 1.00 | 3.45 | 6.09 | 6.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.45 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E7964
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A09562
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F84761
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45e65; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 94, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.167 19.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f29190',
500: '#e45e65',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45e65; $custom-light: #f29190; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45e65",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 94,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 356.866,
"s": 71.277,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65397,
"c": 0.16696,
"h": 19.8
},
"luminance": 0.25439
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45E65
secondary
#B7E7E4
accent
#D3C912
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D