#E45A50#E45A50

#E45A50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.174 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A50
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 53.02, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 62.83, 32.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% 0.1547 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.174 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1027, 24.3905, 10.3419)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A50 #50DAE4

analogous

#E45090 #E45A50 #E4A450

triadic

#E45A50 #50E45A #5A50E4

tetradic

#E45A50 #90E450 #50DAE4 #A450E4

square

#E45A50 #90E450 #50DAE4 #A450E4

split-complementary

#E45A50 #50E4A4 #5090E4

monochromatic

#A12219 #D62D21 #E45A50 #EC8C85 #F4BEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E45A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E45A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A50

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A50	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E754E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.174 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e81',
    500: '#e45a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a50;
$custom-light: #f48e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.054,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64509,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A50

secondary

#ACE0E4

accent

#C8D510

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A50

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

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