#E45C50#E45C50

#E45C50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.172 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45C50
RGB	rgb(228, 92, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, 52.13, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 62.30, 33.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.1519 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.172 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2736, 24.7324, 10.3989)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45C50 #50D8E4

analogous

#E4508E #E45C50 #E4A650

triadic

#E45C50 #50E45C #5C50E4

tetradic

#E45C50 #8EE450 #50D8E4 #A650E4

square

#E45C50 #8EE450 #50D8E4 #A650E4

split-complementary

#E45C50 #50E4A6 #508EE4

monochromatic

#A12419 #D63021 #E45C50 #EC8D85 #F4BFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E45C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E45C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45C50

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45C50	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80764E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.172 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48f81',
    500: '#e45c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45c50;
$custom-light: #f48f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.865,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64763,
    "c": 0.17182,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45C50

secondary

#ACE0E4

accent

#C5D510

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45C50

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

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