#E45D48#E45D48

#E45D48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.172 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45D48
RGB	rgb(228, 93, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 51.24, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 64.18, 37.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.1476 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.172 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0827, 24.7955, 8.9629)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45D48 #48CFE4

analogous

#E44881 #E45D48 #E4AB48

triadic

#E45D48 #48E45D #5D48E4

tetradic

#E45D48 #81E448 #48CFE4 #AB48E4

square

#E45D48 #81E448 #48CFE4 #AB48E4

split-complementary

#E45D48 #48E4AB #4881E4

monochromatic

#9B2917 #D0371F #E45D48 #EC8C7D #F4BBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E45D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E45D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45D48

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45D48	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 93, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.172 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4907c',
    500: '#e45d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45d48;
$custom-light: #f4907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.077,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64775,
    "c": 0.17244,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45D48

secondary

#A5DAE3

accent

#D8F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45D48

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

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