#E04E45#E04E45

#E04E45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.183 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E04E45
RGB	rgb(224, 78, 69)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 69.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 56.21, 36.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 67.00, 32.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1631 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.183 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5427, 21.7307, 8.0046)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E04E45 #45D7E0

analogous

#E04589 #E04E45 #E09C45

triadic

#E04E45 #45E04E #4E45E0

tetradic

#E04E45 #89E045 #45D7E0 #9C45E0

square

#E04E45 #89E045 #45D7E0 #9C45E0

split-complementary

#E04E45 #45E09C #4589E0

monochromatic

#921F18 #C72B21 #E04E45 #E98079 #F1B2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#E04E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#E04E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E04E45

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E04E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E04E45	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6284D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e04e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 78, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.183 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28779',
    500: '#e04e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e04e45;
$custom-light: #f28779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e04e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.484,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62277,
    "c": 0.18344,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E04E45

secondary

#A1DCE0

accent

#E4EE3A

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E04E45

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

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