#E45E50#E45E50

#E45E50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.170 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45E50
RGB	rgb(228, 94, 80)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 64.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 51.22, 34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 61.78, 33.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% 0.1491 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.17 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4492, 25.0835, 10.4574)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45E50 #50D6E4

analogous

#E4508C #E45E50 #E4A850

triadic

#E45E50 #50E45E #5E50E4

tetradic

#E45E50 #8CE450 #50D6E4 #A850E4

square

#E45E50 #8CE450 #50D6E4 #A850E4

split-complementary

#E45E50 #50E4A8 #508CE4

monochromatic

#A12619 #D63221 #E45E50 #EC8F85 #F4C0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E45E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#E45E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45E50

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45E50	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81774E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 94, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.170 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39081',
    500: '#e45e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45e50;
$custom-light: #f39081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.676,
    "s": 73.267,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65022,
    "c": 0.16977,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45E50

secondary

#ACDFE4

accent

#C3D510

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45E50

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

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