#E45C48#E45C48

#E45C48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.173 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45C48
RGB	rgb(228, 92, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 51.69, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 64.42, 36.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% 0.149 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.173 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9955, 24.6211, 8.9339)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45C48 #48D0E4

analogous

#E44882 #E45C48 #E4AA48

triadic

#E45C48 #48E45C #5C48E4

tetradic

#E45C48 #82E448 #48D0E4 #AA48E4

square

#E45C48 #82E448 #48D0E4 #AA48E4

split-complementary

#E45C48 #48E4AA #4882E4

monochromatic

#9B2817 #D0351F #E45C48 #EC8C7D #F4BBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#E45C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#E45C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45C48

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45C48	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.173 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f7c',
    500: '#e45c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45c48;
$custom-light: #f48f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64645,
    "c": 0.17343,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45C48

secondary

#A5DBE3

accent

#D9F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45C48

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

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