#E45F59#E45F59

#E45F59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.167 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45F59
RGB	rgb(228, 95, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 51.33, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 59.37, 30.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.151 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.167 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8938, 25.4045, 12.3574)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45F59 #59DEE4

analogous

#E45999 #E45F59 #E4A559

triadic

#E45F59 #59E45F #5F59E4

tetradic

#E45F59 #99E459 #59DEE4 #A559E4

square

#E45F59 #99E459 #59DEE4 #A559E4

split-complementary

#E45F59 #59E4A5 #5999E4

monochromatic

#A7211B #DB2C24 #E45F59 #ED928E #F5C4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E45F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#E45F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45F59

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45F59	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 95, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.167 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39188',
    500: '#e45f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45f59;
$custom-light: #f39188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.59,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.653,
    "c": 0.16714,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45F59

secondary

#B3E4E6

accent

#CCD411

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45F59

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

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