#E45A45#E45A45

#E45A45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.176 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A45
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 69.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 52.43, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 65.73, 37.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% 0.1508 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.176 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7290, 24.2410, 8.3740)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A45 #45CFE4

analogous

#E4457F #E45A45 #E4AA45

triadic

#E45A45 #45E45A #5A45E4

tetradic

#E45A45 #7FE445 #45CFE4 #AA45E4

square

#E45A45 #7FE445 #45CFE4 #AA45E4

split-complementary

#E45A45 #45E4AA #457FE4

monochromatic

#982716 #CE351E #E45A45 #EC897A #F4B9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E45A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E45A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A45

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A45	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)

#7F7442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.176 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e79',
    500: '#e45a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a45;
$custom-light: #f48e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.925,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6435,
    "c": 0.17603,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A45

secondary

#A3DAE2

accent

#D9F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A45

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

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