#E45F56#E45F56

#E45F56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.168 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45F56
RGB	rgb(228, 95, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 51.13, 31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 60.05, 31.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.1499 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.168 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7704, 25.3552, 11.7074)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45F56 #56DBE4

analogous

#E45694 #E45F56 #E4A656

triadic

#E45F56 #56E45F #5F56E4

tetradic

#E45F56 #94E456 #56DBE4 #A656E4

square

#E45F56 #94E456 #56DBE4 #A656E4

split-complementary

#E45F56 #56E4A6 #5694E4

monochromatic

#A5231A #DA2E23 #E45F56 #EC918B #F5C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E45F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E45F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45F56

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45F56	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)

#817854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 95, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.168 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39186',
    500: '#e45f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45f56;
$custom-light: #f39186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.803,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65249,
    "c": 0.16762,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45F56

secondary

#B0E2E5

accent

#C8D511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45F56

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

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