#E45C53#E45C53

#E45C53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.171 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45C53
RGB	rgb(228, 92, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, 52.31, 32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 61.57, 31.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% 0.153 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.171 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3870, 24.7777, 10.9958)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45C53 #53DBE4

analogous

#E45392 #E45C53 #E4A453

triadic

#E45C53 #53E45C #5C53E4

tetradic

#E45C53 #92E453 #53DBE4 #A453E4

square

#E45C53 #92E453 #53DBE4 #A453E4

split-complementary

#E45C53 #53E4A4 #5392E4

monochromatic

#A3221A #D82D22 #E45C53 #EC8E88 #F5C0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E45C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E45C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45C53

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45C53	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)

#7F7651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 92, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.171 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38f83',
    500: '#e45c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45c53;
$custom-light: #f38f83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.724,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64811,
    "c": 0.17129,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45C53

secondary

#AEE1E5

accent

#C9D511

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45C53

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

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