#E45B49#E45B49

#E45B49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.174 H 30.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45B49
RGB	rgb(228, 91, 73)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(7, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 52.19, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 64.39, 35.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.1508 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.174 30)
XYZ	xyz(36.9423, 24.4622, 9.0784)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45B49 #49D2E4

analogous

#E44985 #E45B49 #E4A949

triadic

#E45B49 #49E45B #5B49E4

tetradic

#E45B49 #85E449 #49D2E4 #A949E4

square

#E45B49 #85E449 #49D2E4 #A949E4

split-complementary

#E45B49 #49E4A9 #4985E4

monochromatic

#9C2617 #D1341F #E45B49 #EC8B7E #F4BBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E45B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E45B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45B49

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45B49	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	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)

#807546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 91, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.174 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48e7c',
    500: '#e45b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45b49;
$custom-light: #f48e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.968,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64531,
    "c": 0.1742,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.24457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45B49

secondary

#A6DCE3

accent

#DBF137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45B49

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

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