#E45151#E45151

#E45151 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.183 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45151
RGB	rgb(228, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 56.94, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 65.01, 28.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.1672 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.183 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4262, 22.9780, 10.3001)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45151 #51E4E4

analogous

#E4519A #E45151 #E49A51

triadic

#E45151 #51E451 #5151E4

tetradic

#E45151 #9AE451 #51E4E4 #9A51E4

square

#E45151 #9AE451 #51E4E4 #9A51E4

split-complementary

#E45151 #51E49A #519AE4

monochromatic

#A21919 #D72121 #E45151 #EC8686 #F4BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E45151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#E45151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45151

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45151	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.183 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48982',
    500: '#e45151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45151;
$custom-light: #f48982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63442,
    "c": 0.18298,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45151

secondary

#ACE4E4

accent

#D5D510

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45151

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

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