#E45851#E45851

#E45851 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.176 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45851
RGB	rgb(228, 88, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.4%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 53.96, 32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 63.12, 31.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.1579 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.176 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9735, 24.0725, 10.4825)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45851 #51DDE4

analogous

#E45193 #E45851 #E4A151

triadic

#E45851 #51E458 #5851E4

tetradic

#E45851 #93E451 #51DDE4 #A151E4

square

#E45851 #93E451 #51DDE4 #A151E4

split-complementary

#E45851 #51E4A1 #5193E4

monochromatic

#A22019 #D72A21 #E45851 #EC8B86 #F4BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E45851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#E45851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45851

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45851	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 88, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.176 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d82',
    500: '#e45851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45851;
$custom-light: #f48d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64276,
    "c": 0.17578,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45851

secondary

#ACE2E4

accent

#CCD510

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45851

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

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