#E45A54#E45A54

#E45A54 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.173 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45A54
RGB	rgb(228, 90, 84)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 63.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.54, 53.26, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.54, 61.88, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.1562 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.173 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2549, 24.4513, 11.1436)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45A54 #54DEE4

analogous

#E45496 #E45A54 #E4A254

triadic

#E45A54 #54E45A #5A54E4

tetradic

#E45A54 #96E454 #54DEE4 #A254E4

square

#E45A54 #96E454 #54DEE4 #A254E4

split-complementary

#E45A54 #54E4A2 #5496E4

monochromatic

#A4201A #D92A22 #E45A54 #EC8D89 #F5C0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E45A54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E45A54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45A54

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45A54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45A54	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)

#7E7552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45a54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 90, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.173 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e84',
    500: '#e45a54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45a54;
$custom-light: #f38e84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45a54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64574,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45A54

secondary

#AFE3E5

accent

#CDD511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45A54

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

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