#E45945#E45945

#E45945 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.177 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45945
RGB	rgb(228, 89, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 69.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 52.87, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 65.97, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1522 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.177 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6452, 24.0734, 8.3461)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45945 #45D0E4

analogous

#E44580 #E45945 #E4A845

triadic

#E45945 #45E459 #5945E4

tetradic

#E45945 #80E445 #45D0E4 #A845E4

square

#E45945 #80E445 #45D0E4 #A845E4

split-complementary

#E45945 #45E4A8 #4580E4

monochromatic

#982716 #CE341E #E45945 #EC897A #F4B8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E45945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#E45945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45945

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45945	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)

#7F7442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.177 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d79',
    500: '#e45945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45945;
$custom-light: #f48d79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.547,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64224,
    "c": 0.17699,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45945

secondary

#A3DAE2

accent

#DAF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45945

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

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