#E45649#E45649

#E45649 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.179 H 28.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45649
RGB	rgb(228, 86, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 54.38, 36.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 65.62, 34.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1577 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.179 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5290, 23.6356, 8.9406)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45649 #49D7E4

analogous

#E4498A #E45649 #E4A449

triadic

#E45649 #49E456 #5649E4

tetradic

#E45649 #8AE449 #49D7E4 #A449E4

square

#E45649 #8AE449 #49D7E4 #A449E4

split-complementary

#E45649 #49E4A4 #498AE4

monochromatic

#9C2217 #D12E1F #E45649 #EC877E #F4B9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E45649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E45649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45649

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45649	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 86, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.179 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c7c',
    500: '#e45649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45649;
$custom-light: #f48c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.032,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63909,
    "c": 0.17915,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45649

secondary

#A6DEE3

accent

#E1F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45649

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

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