#E45449#E45449

#E45449 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.181 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45449
RGB	rgb(228, 84, 73)
HSL	hsl(4, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 55.24, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 66.13, 33.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.1604 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.181 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3716, 23.3207, 8.8882)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45449 #49D9E4

analogous

#E4498C #E45449 #E4A249

triadic

#E45449 #49E454 #5449E4

tetradic

#E45449 #8CE449 #49D9E4 #A249E4

square

#E45449 #8CE449 #49D9E4 #A249E4

split-complementary

#E45449 #49E4A2 #498CE4

monochromatic

#9C2017 #D12C1F #E45449 #EC867E #F4B8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E45449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#E45449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45449

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45449	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 84, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.181 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a7c',
    500: '#e45449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45449;
$custom-light: #f48a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.258,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63668,
    "c": 0.18113,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45449

secondary

#A6DFE3

accent

#E4F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45449

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

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