#E45C42#E45C42

#E45C42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.175 H 32.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45C42
RGB	rgb(228, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 71.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, 51.39, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 66.13, 39.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.147 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.175 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8092, 24.5466, 7.9529)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45C42 #42CAE4

analogous

#E44279 #E45C42 #E4AD42

triadic

#E45C42 #42E45C #5C42E4

tetradic

#E45C42 #79E442 #42CAE4 #AD42E4

square

#E45C42 #79E442 #42CAE4 #AD42E4

split-complementary

#E45C42 #42E4AD #4279E4

monochromatic

#962A15 #CC391D #E45C42 #EC8A78 #F3B8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E45C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#E45C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45C42

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45C42	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)

#81753F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.175 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f77',
    500: '#e45c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45c42;
$custom-light: #f48f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.63,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64566,
    "c": 0.17477,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45C42

secondary

#A0D7E2

accent

#D4F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45C42

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

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