#E45049#E45049

#E45049 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.185 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45049
RGB	rgb(228, 80, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 56.91, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 67.13, 32.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1656 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.185 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0699, 22.7174, 8.7876)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45049 #49DDE4

analogous

#E44990 #E45049 #E49E49

triadic

#E45049 #49E450 #5049E4

tetradic

#E45049 #90E449 #49DDE4 #9E49E4

square

#E45049 #90E449 #49DDE4 #9E49E4

split-complementary

#E45049 #49E49E #4990E4

monochromatic

#9C1D17 #D1271F #E45049 #EC837E #F4B6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#E45049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#E45049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45049

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45049	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 80, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.185 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4887c',
    500: '#e45049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45049;
$custom-light: #f4887c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.71,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63202,
    "c": 0.18506,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45049

secondary

#A6E0E3

accent

#E8F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45049

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

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