#E45949#E45949

#E45949 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.176 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45949
RGB	rgb(228, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 53.08, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 64.88, 35.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.1536 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.176 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7736, 24.1248, 9.0222)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45949 #49D4E4

analogous

#E44986 #E45949 #E4A749

triadic

#E45949 #49E459 #5949E4

tetradic

#E45949 #86E449 #49D4E4 #A749E4

square

#E45949 #86E449 #49D4E4 #A749E4

split-complementary

#E45949 #49E4A7 #4986E4

monochromatic

#9C2517 #D1311F #E45949 #EC8A7E #F4BAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E45949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#E45949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45949

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45949	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.176 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d7c',
    500: '#e45949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45949;
$custom-light: #f48d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.194,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64279,
    "c": 0.17619,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45949

secondary

#A6DDE3

accent

#DEF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45949

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

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