#E45245#E45245

#E45245 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.184 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45245
RGB	rgb(228, 82, 69)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(5, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 69.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 55.88, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 67.66, 34.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.1616 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.184 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0902, 22.9633, 8.1610)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45245 #45D7E4

analogous

#E44587 #E45245 #E4A245

triadic

#E45245 #45E452 #5245E4

tetradic

#E45245 #87E445 #45D7E4 #A245E4

square

#E45245 #87E445 #45D7E4 #A245E4

split-complementary

#E45245 #45E4A2 #4587E4

monochromatic

#982116 #CE2C1E #E45245 #EC847A #F4B5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#E45245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#E45245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45245

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45245	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)

#7A7043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 82, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.184 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58979',
    500: '#e45245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45245;
$custom-light: #f58979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.906,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63376,
    "c": 0.18377,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45245

secondary

#A3DDE2

accent

#E2F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45245

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

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