#E45E51#E45E51

#E45E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.170 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45E51
RGB	rgb(228, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 51.28, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 61.53, 33.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.1495 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.17 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4864, 25.0984, 10.6535)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45E51 #51D7E4

analogous

#E4518D #E45E51 #E4A751

triadic

#E45E51 #51E45E #5E51E4

tetradic

#E45E51 #8DE451 #51D7E4 #A751E4

square

#E45E51 #8DE451 #51D7E4 #A751E4

split-complementary

#E45E51 #51E4A7 #518DE4

monochromatic

#A22519 #D73121 #E45E51 #EC8F86 #F4C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E45E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#E45E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45E51

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45E51	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)

#81774F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.170 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39082',
    500: '#e45e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45e51;
$custom-light: #f39082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.306,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65037,
    "c": 0.16958,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45E51

secondary

#ACDFE4

accent

#C4D510

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45E51

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

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