#E45849#E45849

#E45849 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.177 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45849
RGB	rgb(228, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 53.52, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 65.13, 34.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% 0.155 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.177 29)
XYZ	xyz(36.6910, 23.9595, 8.9946)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45849 #49D5E4

analogous

#E44988 #E45849 #E4A549

triadic

#E45849 #49E458 #5849E4

tetradic

#E45849 #88E449 #49D5E4 #A549E4

square

#E45849 #88E449 #49D5E4 #A549E4

split-complementary

#E45849 #49E4A5 #4988E4

monochromatic

#9C2417 #D1301F #E45849 #EC897E #F4BAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E45849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#E45849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45849

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45849	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.177 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d7c',
    500: '#e45849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45849;
$custom-light: #f48d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64154,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.23954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45849

secondary

#A6DDE3

accent

#DFF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45849

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

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