#E45A53#E45A53

#E45A53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.173 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A53
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 53.20, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 62.11, 31.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% 0.1558 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.173 26)
XYZ	xyz(37.2160, 24.4358, 10.9388)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A53 #53DDE4

analogous

#E45394 #E45A53 #E4A353

triadic

#E45A53 #53E45A #5A53E4

tetradic

#E45A53 #94E453 #53DDE4 #A353E4

square

#E45A53 #94E453 #53DDE4 #A353E4

split-complementary

#E45A53 #53E4A3 #5394E4

monochromatic

#A3201A #D82B22 #E45A53 #EC8D88 #F5BFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E45A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E45A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A53

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A53	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0934F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.173 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e83',
    500: '#e45a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a53;
$custom-light: #f38e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.897,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64557,
    "c": 0.17338,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.24431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A53

secondary

#AEE2E5

accent

#CBD511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A53

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

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