#E45A4B#E45A4B
#E45A4B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.175 H 29.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45A4B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 90, 75) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 74%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 67%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 67.1%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.41, 52.74, 36.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.41, 64.10, 34.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.43% 0.1529 0.0847) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.43% 0.175 29) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.9248, 24.3193, 9.4050) |
| Luminance | 0.2431 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.47
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.34
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.36
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.06
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.19
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45A4B #4BD5E4
analogous
#E44B89 #E45A4B #E4A64B
triadic
#E45A4B #4BE45A #5A4BE4
tetradic
#E45A4B #89E44B #4BD5E4 #A64BE4
square
#E45A4B #89E44B #4BD5E4 #A64BE4
split-complementary
#E45A4B #4BE4A6 #4B89E4
monochromatic
#9D2518 #D23120 #E45A4B #EC8B80 #F4BCB5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.58
#E45A4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.86
#E45A4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45A4B
5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45A4B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45A4B | 1.00 | 3.58 | 5.86 | 5.86 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.58 | 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)
#7F7449
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19247
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA3C57
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45a4b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 75); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.175 29.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48e7e',
500: '#e45a4b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45a4b; $custom-light: #f48e7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45a4b",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 90,
"b": 75
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.882,
"s": 73.913,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64433,
"c": 0.17479,
"h": 29
},
"luminance": 0.24314
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45A4B
secondary
#A8DDE3
accent
#DEF137
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C