#E45545#E45545

#E45545 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.181 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45545
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 69.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 54.61, 38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 66.93, 35.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.1576 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.181 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3214, 23.4257, 8.2381)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45545 #45D4E4

analogous

#E44584 #E45545 #E4A545

triadic

#E45545 #45E455 #5545E4

tetradic

#E45545 #84E445 #45D4E4 #A545E4

square

#E45545 #84E445 #45D4E4 #A545E4

split-complementary

#E45545 #45E4A5 #4584E4

monochromatic

#982316 #CE301E #E45545 #EC867A #F4B7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E45545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#E45545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45545

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45545	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.181 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b79',
    500: '#e45545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45545;
$custom-light: #f48b79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.038,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63732,
    "c": 0.18087,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45545

secondary

#A3DCE2

accent

#DEF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45545

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

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