#E45A4C#E45A4C
#E45A4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.175 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45A4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 90, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 67%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 66.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.42, 52.79, 35.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.42, 63.84, 34.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.45% 0.1533 0.0837) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.45% 0.175 28.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.9593, 24.3331, 9.5866) |
| Luminance | 0.2433 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.31
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.10
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.30
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.92
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.05
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45A4C #4CD6E4
analogous
#E44C8A #E45A4C #E4A64C
triadic
#E45A4C #4CE45A #5A4CE4
tetradic
#E45A4C #8AE44C #4CD6E4 #A64CE4
square
#E45A4C #8AE44C #4CD6E4 #A64CE4
split-complementary
#E45A4C #4CE4A6 #4C8AE4
monochromatic
#9E2418 #D33020 #E45A4C #EC8B81 #F4BCB6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.58
#E45A4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.87
#E45A4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45A4C
5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45A4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45A4C | 1.00 | 3.58 | 5.87 | 5.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7F754A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19248
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA3C57
Achromatopsia (no color)
#878787
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45a4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.175 28.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48e7e',
500: '#e45a4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45a4c; $custom-light: #f48e7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45a4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 90,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.526,
"s": 73.786,
"l": 59.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64448,
"c": 0.1746,
"h": 28.6
},
"luminance": 0.24328
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45A4C
secondary
#A8DEE3
accent
#DFF037
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C