#E45A48#E45A48

#E45A48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.175 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A48
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 72)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 52.58, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 64.90, 35.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.1518 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.175 30)
XYZ	xyz(36.8245, 24.2792, 8.8769)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A48 #48D2E4

analogous

#E44884 #E45A48 #E4A848

triadic

#E45A48 #48E45A #5A48E4

tetradic

#E45A48 #84E448 #48D2E4 #A848E4

square

#E45A48 #84E448 #48D2E4 #A848E4

split-complementary

#E45A48 #48E4A8 #4884E4

monochromatic

#9B2617 #D0331F #E45A48 #EC8A7D #F4BAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E45A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E45A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A48

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A48	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)

#7F7445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.175 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e7b',
    500: '#e45a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a48;
$custom-light: #f48e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6439,
    "c": 0.17539,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.24274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A48

secondary

#A5DCE3

accent

#DBF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A48

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

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