#E45549#E45549

#E45549 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.180 H 28.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45549
RGB	rgb(228, 85, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 54.81, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 65.87, 33.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.159 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.18 28)
XYZ	xyz(36.4497, 23.4771, 8.9142)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45549 #49D8E4

analogous

#E4498B #E45549 #E4A349

triadic

#E45549 #49E455 #5549E4

tetradic

#E45549 #8BE449 #49D8E4 #A349E4

square

#E45549 #8BE449 #49D8E4 #A349E4

split-complementary

#E45549 #49E4A3 #498BE4

monochromatic

#9C2117 #D12D1F #E45549 #EC877E #F4B9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E45549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#E45549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45549

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45549	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)

#7C7247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 85, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.180 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b7c',
    500: '#e45549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45549;
$custom-light: #f48b7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.645,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.18014,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.23472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45549

secondary

#A6DEE3

accent

#E2F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45549

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

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