#E45F5E#E45F5E
#E45F5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.166 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45F5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 95, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 58.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.55, 51.67, 27.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.55, 58.34, 27.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.39% 0.1529 0.0657) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.39% 0.166 23.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.1109, 25.4914, 13.5009) |
| Luminance | 0.2549 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.63
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.33
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.64
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.67
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.83
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45F5E #5EE3E4
analogous
#E45EA0 #E45F5E #E4A25E
triadic
#E45F5E #5EE45F #5F5EE4
tetradic
#E45F5E #A0E45E #5EE3E4 #A25EE4
square
#E45F5E #A0E45E #5EE3E4 #A25EE4
split-complementary
#E45F5E #5EE4A2 #5EA0E4
monochromatic
#AB1E1D #DB2B2A #E45F5E #ED9392 #F6C7C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.44
#E45F5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.10
#E45F5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45F5E
6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45F5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45F5E | 1.00 | 3.44 | 6.10 | 6.10 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.10 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#80795D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1955B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F94760
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45f5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 95, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.166 23.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3918b',
500: '#e45f5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45f5e; $custom-light: #f3918b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45f5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 95,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0.448,
"s": 71.277,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65391,
"c": 0.16646,
"h": 23.3
},
"luminance": 0.25487
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45F5E
secondary
#B7E7E7
accent
#D2D312
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D