#E45243#E45243

#E45243 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.184 H 29.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45243
RGB	rgb(228, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 70.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 55.79, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 68.20, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.1609 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.184 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0291, 22.9389, 7.8396)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45243 #43D5E4

analogous

#E44384 #E45243 #E4A243

triadic

#E45243 #43E452 #5243E4

tetradic

#E45243 #84E443 #43D5E4 #A243E4

square

#E45243 #84E443 #43D5E4 #A243E4

split-complementary

#E45243 #43E4A2 #4384E4

monochromatic

#972216 #CC2E1D #E45243 #EC8379 #F3B4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#E45243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#E45243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45243

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45243	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#7A7040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2D4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.184 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58978',
    500: '#e45243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45243;
$custom-light: #f58978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.59,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.18412,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45243

secondary

#A1DCE2

accent

#E0F236

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45243

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

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