#E45951#E45951

#E45951 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.175 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45951
RGB	rgb(228, 89, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 53.52, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 62.85, 31.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.1565 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.175 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0561, 24.2378, 10.5100)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45951 #51DCE4

analogous

#E45193 #E45951 #E4A251

triadic

#E45951 #51E459 #5951E4

tetradic

#E45951 #93E451 #51DCE4 #A251E4

square

#E45951 #93E451 #51DCE4 #A251E4

split-complementary

#E45951 #51E4A2 #5193E4

monochromatic

#A22019 #D72B21 #E45951 #EC8C86 #F4BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E45951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E45951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45951

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45951	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 89, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.175 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d82',
    500: '#e45951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45951;
$custom-light: #f48d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.265,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.644,
    "c": 0.17475,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45951

secondary

#ACE1E4

accent

#CBD510

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45951

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

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