#E45C4E#E45C4E
#E45C4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.172 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45C4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 92, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 66%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 65.8%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.79, 52.01, 35.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.79, 62.81, 34.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.73% 0.1512 0.0824) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.73% 0.172 28.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.2008, 24.7033, 10.0155) |
| Luminance | 0.2470 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.49
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.08
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.15
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.75
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.09
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45C4E #4ED6E4
analogous
#E44E8B #E45C4E #E4A74E
triadic
#E45C4E #4EE45C #5C4EE4
tetradic
#E45C4E #8BE44E #4ED6E4 #A74EE4
square
#E45C4E #8BE44E #4ED6E4 #A74EE4
split-complementary
#E45C4E #4EE4A7 #4E8BE4
monochromatic
#9F2518 #D43120 #E45C4E #EC8D83 #F4BEB8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.54
#E45C4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.94
#E45C4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45C4E
5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45C4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45C4E | 1.00 | 3.54 | 5.94 | 5.94 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.94 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#80764C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2934A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA3F59
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45c4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.172 28.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f48f80',
500: '#e45c4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45c4e; $custom-light: #f48f80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45c4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 92,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.6,
"s": 73.529,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64732,
"c": 0.1722,
"h": 28.6
},
"luminance": 0.24698
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45C4E
secondary
#AADEE4
accent
#DFF038
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C