#E45749#E45749

#E45749 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.178 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45749
RGB	rgb(228, 87, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(5, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 53.95, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 65.38, 34.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.1563 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.178 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6094, 23.7964, 8.9674)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45749 #49D6E4

analogous

#E44989 #E45749 #E4A549

triadic

#E45749 #49E457 #5749E4

tetradic

#E45749 #89E449 #49D6E4 #A549E4

square

#E45749 #89E449 #49D6E4 #A549E4

split-complementary

#E45749 #49E4A5 #4989E4

monochromatic

#9C2317 #D12F1F #E45749 #EC887E #F4B9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E45749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E45749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45749

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45749	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 87, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.178 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c7c',
    500: '#e45749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45749;
$custom-light: #f48c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.419,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64031,
    "c": 0.17817,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45749

secondary

#A6DDE3

accent

#E0F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45749

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

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