#E45249#E45249

#E45249 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.183 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45249
RGB	rgb(228, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 56.08, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 66.63, 32.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.163 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.183 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2186, 23.0147, 8.8372)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45249 #49DBE4

analogous

#E4498E #E45249 #E4A049

triadic

#E45249 #49E452 #5249E4

tetradic

#E45249 #8EE449 #49DBE4 #A049E4

square

#E45249 #8EE449 #49DBE4 #A049E4

split-complementary

#E45249 #49E4A0 #498EE4

monochromatic

#9C1F17 #D1291F #E45249 #EC857E #F4B7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E45249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E45249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45249

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45249	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.183 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4897c',
    500: '#e45249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45249;
$custom-light: #f4897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.484,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63433,
    "c": 0.1831,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45249

secondary

#A6DFE3

accent

#E6F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45249

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

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