#E45A46#E45A46

#E45A46 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.176 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A46
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 70)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 69.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 52.48, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 65.45, 36.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.1511 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.176 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7603, 24.2535, 8.5388)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A46 #46D0E4

analogous

#E44681 #E45A46 #E4A946

triadic

#E45A46 #46E45A #5A46E4

tetradic

#E45A46 #81E446 #46D0E4 #A946E4

square

#E45A46 #81E446 #46D0E4 #A946E4

split-complementary

#E45A46 #46E4A9 #4681E4

monochromatic

#992716 #CF341E #E45A46 #EC8A7B #F4B9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E45A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E45A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A46

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A46	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)

#7F7443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.176 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e7a',
    500: '#e45a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a46;
$custom-light: #f48e7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.595,
    "s": 74.528,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64363,
    "c": 0.17581,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A46

secondary

#A4DAE2

accent

#DAF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A46

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

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