#E45C4C#E45C4C
#E45C4C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.173 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45C4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 92, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 67%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 66.7%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.76, 51.90, 36.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.76, 63.33, 34.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.7% 0.1505 0.0845) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.7% 0.173 29.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.1302, 24.6750, 9.6436) |
| Luminance | 0.2467 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.80
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.25
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.58
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.04
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.37
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 6.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45C4C #4CD4E4
analogous
#E44C88 #E45C4C #E4A84C
triadic
#E45C4C #4CE45C #5C4CE4
tetradic
#E45C4C #88E44C #4CD4E4 #A84CE4
square
#E45C4C #88E44C #4CD4E4 #A84CE4
split-complementary
#E45C4C #4CE4A8 #4C88E4
monochromatic
#9E2618 #D33320 #E45C4C #EC8C81 #F4BDB6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.54
#E45C4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.93
#E45C4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45C4C
5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45C4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45C4C | 1.00 | 3.54 | 5.93 | 5.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#80764A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29348
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA3F59
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45c4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.173 29.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48f7e',
500: '#e45c4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45c4c; $custom-light: #f48f7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45c4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 92,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6.316,
"s": 73.786,
"l": 59.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64702,
"c": 0.17259,
"h": 29.3
},
"luminance": 0.2467
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45C4C
secondary
#A8DDE3
accent
#DDF037
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C