#E45A51#E45A51

#E45A51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.174 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A51
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 81)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 53.08, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 62.59, 31.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1551 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.174 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1399, 24.4054, 10.5380)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A51 #51DBE4

analogous

#E45192 #E45A51 #E4A351

triadic

#E45A51 #51E45A #5A51E4

tetradic

#E45A51 #92E451 #51DBE4 #A351E4

square

#E45A51 #92E451 #51DBE4 #A351E4

split-complementary

#E45A51 #51E4A3 #5192E4

monochromatic

#A22119 #D72C21 #E45A51 #EC8C86 #F4BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E45A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#E45A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A51

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A51	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)

#7E754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.174 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e82',
    500: '#e45a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a51;
$custom-light: #f48e82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.673,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64525,
    "c": 0.17371,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A51

secondary

#ACE1E4

accent

#C9D510

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A51

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

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