#E45A49#E45A49

#E45A49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.175 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A49
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 52.63, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 64.63, 35.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.1522 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.175 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8574, 24.2923, 9.0501)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A49 #49D3E4

analogous

#E44986 #E45A49 #E4A849

triadic

#E45A49 #49E45A #5A49E4

tetradic

#E45A49 #86E449 #49D3E4 #A849E4

square

#E45A49 #86E449 #49D3E4 #A849E4

split-complementary

#E45A49 #49E4A8 #4986E4

monochromatic

#9C2617 #D1321F #E45A49 #EC8A7E #F4BBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E45A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E45A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A49

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A49	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.175 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e7c',
    500: '#e45a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a49;
$custom-light: #f48e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.581,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64404,
    "c": 0.17519,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A49

secondary

#A6DCE3

accent

#DCF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A49

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

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