#E45351#E45351

#E45351 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.181 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45351
RGB	rgb(228, 83, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 56.10, 31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 64.47, 29.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.1646 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.181 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5770, 23.2796, 10.3503)
Luminance	0.2328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45351 #51E2E4

analogous

#E45199 #E45351 #E49C51

triadic

#E45351 #51E453 #5351E4

tetradic

#E45351 #99E451 #51E2E4 #9C51E4

square

#E45351 #99E451 #51E2E4 #9C51E4

split-complementary

#E45351 #51E49C #5199E4

monochromatic

#A21B19 #D72421 #E45351 #EC8786 #F4BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E45351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#E45351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45351

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45351	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 83, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.181 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a82',
    500: '#e45351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45351;
$custom-light: #f48a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.816,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63674,
    "c": 0.18094,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45351

secondary

#ACE4E4

accent

#D3D510

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45351

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

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