#E45253#E45253

#E45253 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.182 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45253
RGB	rgb(228, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(360, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 56.64, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 64.31, 28.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.1667 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.182 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5772, 23.1581, 10.7258)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45253 #52E4E3

analogous

#E4529C #E45253 #E49A52

triadic

#E45253 #53E452 #5253E4

tetradic

#E45253 #9CE452 #52E4E3 #9A52E4

square

#E45253 #9CE452 #52E4E3 #9A52E4

split-complementary

#E45253 #52E49A #529CE4

monochromatic

#A2191A #D72223 #E45253 #EC8788 #F5BCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E45253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#E45253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45253

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45253	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)

#787152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.182 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a83',
    500: '#e45253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45253;
$custom-light: #f48a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.589,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63591,
    "c": 0.18173,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45253

secondary

#ADE5E4

accent

#D5D410

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45253

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

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