#E45451#E45451

#E45451 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.180 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45451
RGB	rgb(228, 84, 81)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 55.68, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 64.20, 29.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.1633 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.18 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6541, 23.4337, 10.3760)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45451 #51E1E4

analogous

#E45198 #E45451 #E49D51

triadic

#E45451 #51E454 #5451E4

tetradic

#E45451 #98E451 #51E1E4 #9D51E4

square

#E45451 #98E451 #51E1E4 #9D51E4

split-complementary

#E45451 #51E49D #5198E4

monochromatic

#A21C19 #D72521 #E45451 #EC8886 #F4BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E45451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#E45451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45451

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45451	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 84, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.180 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b82',
    500: '#e45451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45451;
$custom-light: #f48b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.224,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63792,
    "c": 0.17991,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45451

secondary

#ACE3E4

accent

#D1D510

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45451

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

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