#E4545A#E4545A
#E4545A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.179 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4545A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 84, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 63%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 63.2%, 60.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.66, 56.24, 26.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(55.66, 62.36, 25.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.95% 0.1667 0.0651) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.95% 0.179 21.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.0142, 23.5778, 12.2727) |
| Luminance | 0.2357 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.23
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.02
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.03
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.14
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 4.70
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 4.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4545A #54E4DE
analogous
#E454A2 #E4545A #E49654
triadic
#E4545A #5AE454 #545AE4
tetradic
#E4545A #A2E454 #54E4DE #9654E4
square
#E4545A #A2E454 #54E4DE #9654E4
split-complementary
#E4545A #54E496 #54A2E4
monochromatic
#A41A20 #D9222A #E4545A #EC898D #F5BEC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.67
#E4545A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.71
#E4545A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E4545A
5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4545A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4545A | 1.00 | 3.67 | 5.71 | 5.71 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#797259
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D9156
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F93657
Achromatopsia (no color)
#858585
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4545a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 84, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.179 21.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f38b88',
500: '#e4545a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4545a; $custom-light: #f38b88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4545a",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 84,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 357.5,
"s": 72.727,
"l": 61.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63949,
"c": 0.17894,
"h": 21.3
},
"luminance": 0.23573
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4545A
secondary
#AFE5E3
accent
#D5CD11
background
#FFF8F8
surface
#FFF0EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180C0B
muted
#867D7C