#E45E49#E45E49

#E45E49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.171 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45E49
RGB	rgb(228, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 50.83, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 63.66, 37.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.1466 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.171 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2039, 24.9854, 9.1656)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45E49 #49CFE4

analogous

#E44982 #E45E49 #E4AC49

triadic

#E45E49 #49E45E #5E49E4

tetradic

#E45E49 #82E449 #49CFE4 #AC49E4

square

#E45E49 #82E449 #49CFE4 #AC49E4

split-complementary

#E45E49 #49E4AC #4982E4

monochromatic

#9C2917 #D1371F #E45E49 #EC8D7E #F4BCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E45E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#E45E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45E49

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45E49	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.171 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4907c',
    500: '#e45e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45e49;
$custom-light: #f4907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.129,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64919,
    "c": 0.17124,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45E49

secondary

#A6DBE3

accent

#D8F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45E49

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

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