#E45043#E45043

#E45043 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.186 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45043
RGB	rgb(228, 80, 67)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 70.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.70, 56.62, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.70, 68.68, 34.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% 0.1635 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.186 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8805, 22.6417, 7.7900)
Luminance	0.2264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45043 #43D7E4

analogous

#E44386 #E45043 #E4A143

triadic

#E45043 #43E450 #5043E4

tetradic

#E45043 #86E443 #43D7E4 #A143E4

square

#E45043 #86E443 #43D7E4 #A143E4

split-complementary

#E45043 #43E4A1 #4386E4

monochromatic

#972016 #CC2B1D #E45043 #EC8279 #F3B4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#E45043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#E45043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45043

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45043	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA294E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 80, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.186 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58878',
    500: '#e45043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45043;
$custom-light: #f58878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.845,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63118,
    "c": 0.18603,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45043

secondary

#A1DCE2

accent

#E2F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45043

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

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