#E45E52#E45E52
#E45E52 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.169 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E45E52 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 94, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 64%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.19, 51.34, 33.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.19, 61.28, 33.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.05% 0.1498 0.079) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.05% 0.169 27.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.5242, 25.1135, 10.8524) |
| Luminance | 0.2511 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.52
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.66
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.05
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.39
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.96
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 5.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E45E52 #52D8E4
analogous
#E4528F #E45E52 #E4A752
triadic
#E45E52 #52E45E #5E52E4
tetradic
#E45E52 #8FE452 #52D8E4 #A752E4
square
#E45E52 #8FE452 #52D8E4 #A752E4
split-complementary
#E45E52 #52E4A7 #528FE4
monochromatic
#A22519 #D73122 #E45E52 #EC8F87 #F5C1BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.49
#E45E52 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.02
#E45E52 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E45E52
6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E45E52 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E45E52 | 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)
#817750
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2944F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9435C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e45e52; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 94, 82); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.169 27.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39083',
500: '#e45e52',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e45e52; $custom-light: #f39083; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e45e52",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 94,
"b": 82
},
"hsl": {
"h": 4.932,
"s": 73,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65053,
"c": 0.16939,
"h": 27.8
},
"luminance": 0.25109
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E45E52
secondary
#ADE0E5
accent
#C5D510
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C