#E45950#E45950

#E45950 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.175 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45950
RGB	rgb(228, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 53.46, 33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 63.09, 32.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.1561 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.175 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0189, 24.2229, 10.3140)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45950 #50DBE4

analogous

#E45091 #E45950 #E4A350

triadic

#E45950 #50E459 #5950E4

tetradic

#E45950 #91E450 #50DBE4 #A350E4

square

#E45950 #91E450 #50DBE4 #A350E4

split-complementary

#E45950 #50E4A3 #5091E4

monochromatic

#A12119 #D62C21 #E45950 #EC8B85 #F4BEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E45950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#E45950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45950

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45950	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E744E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.175 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d81',
    500: '#e45950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45950;
$custom-light: #f48d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.649,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64384,
    "c": 0.17491,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45950

secondary

#ACE1E4

accent

#C9D510

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45950

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

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