#E45B51#E45B51

#E45B51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.173 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45B51
RGB	rgb(228, 91, 81)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 52.63, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 62.32, 32.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.1537 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.173 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2248, 24.5752, 10.5663)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45B51 #51DAE4

analogous

#E45190 #E45B51 #E4A551

triadic

#E45B51 #51E45B #5B51E4

tetradic

#E45B51 #90E451 #51DAE4 #A551E4

square

#E45B51 #90E451 #51DAE4 #A551E4

split-complementary

#E45B51 #51E4A5 #5190E4

monochromatic

#A22219 #D72E21 #E45B51 #EC8D86 #F4BFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E45B51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#E45B51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45B51

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45B51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45B51	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45b51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 91, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.173 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38f82',
    500: '#e45b51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45b51;
$custom-light: #f38f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45b51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.082,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64651,
    "c": 0.17267,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45B51

secondary

#ACE1E4

accent

#C8D510

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45B51

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

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