#E45252#E45252

#E45252 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.182 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45252
RGB	rgb(228, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 64%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 56.58, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 64.52, 28.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.1663 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.182 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5388, 23.1428, 10.5240)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45252 #52E4E4

analogous

#E4529B #E45252 #E49B52

triadic

#E45252 #52E452 #5252E4

tetradic

#E45252 #9BE452 #52E4E4 #9B52E4

square

#E45252 #9BE452 #52E4E4 #9B52E4

split-complementary

#E45252 #52E49B #529BE4

monochromatic

#A21919 #D72222 #E45252 #EC8787 #F5BCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E45252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#E45252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45252

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45252	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.182 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a82',
    500: '#e45252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45252;
$custom-light: #f48a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63574,
    "c": 0.18183,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45252

secondary

#ADE5E5

accent

#D5D510

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45252

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

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