#E45251#E45251

#E45251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.182 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45251
RGB	rgb(228, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 56.52, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 64.74, 29.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% 0.1659 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.182 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5011, 23.1277, 10.3250)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45251 #51E3E4

analogous

#E45199 #E45251 #E49B51

triadic

#E45251 #51E452 #5251E4

tetradic

#E45251 #99E451 #51E3E4 #9B51E4

square

#E45251 #99E451 #51E3E4 #9B51E4

split-complementary

#E45251 #51E49B #5199E4

monochromatic

#A21A19 #D72321 #E45251 #EC8786 #F4BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E45251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#E45251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45251

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45251	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.182 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48982',
    500: '#e45251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45251;
$custom-light: #f48982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.408,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63557,
    "c": 0.18196,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45251

secondary

#ACE4E4

accent

#D4D510

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45251

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

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