#E45E4E#E45E4E

#E45E4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.170 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45E4E
RGB	rgb(228, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 51.11, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 62.30, 34.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% 0.1484 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.17 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3764, 25.0544, 10.0740)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45E4E #4ED4E4

analogous

#E44E89 #E45E4E #E4A94E

triadic

#E45E4E #4EE45E #5E4EE4

tetradic

#E45E4E #89E44E #4ED4E4 #A94EE4

square

#E45E4E #89E44E #4ED4E4 #A94EE4

split-complementary

#E45E4E #4EE4A9 #4E89E4

monochromatic

#9F2718 #D43420 #E45E4E #EC8E83 #F4BFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E45E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#E45E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45E4E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45E4E	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81774C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.170 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49080',
    500: '#e45e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45e4e;
$custom-light: #f49080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.4,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64991,
    "c": 0.17017,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45E4E

secondary

#AADEE4

accent

#DDF038

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45E4E

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

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