#E45E42#E45E42

#E45E42 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.173 H 33.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45E42
RGB	rgb(228, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 71.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 50.48, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 65.68, 39.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.83% 0.1442 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(64.83% 0.173 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9847, 24.8977, 8.0114)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45E42 #42C8E4

analogous

#E44277 #E45E42 #E4AF42

triadic

#E45E42 #42E45E #5E42E4

tetradic

#E45E42 #77E442 #42C8E4 #AF42E4

square

#E45E42 #77E442 #42C8E4 #AF42E4

split-complementary

#E45E42 #42E4AF #4277E4

monochromatic

#962C15 #CC3B1D #E45E42 #EC8C78 #F3B9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E45E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E45E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45E42

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45E42	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.173 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49077',
    500: '#e45e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45e42;
$custom-light: #f49077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.37,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64827,
    "c": 0.17287,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45E42

secondary

#A0D6E2

accent

#D1F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45E42

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

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