#E45F48#E45F48

#E45F48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.170 H 31.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45F48
RGB	rgb(228, 95, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 68.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 50.32, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 63.70, 37.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% 0.1448 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.17 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2605, 25.1512, 9.0222)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45F48 #48CDE4

analogous

#E4487F #E45F48 #E4AD48

triadic

#E45F48 #48E45F #5F48E4

tetradic

#E45F48 #7FE448 #48CDE4 #AD48E4

square

#E45F48 #7FE448 #48CDE4 #AD48E4

split-complementary

#E45F48 #48E4AD #487FE4

monochromatic

#9B2A17 #D0391F #E45F48 #EC8E7D #F4BCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E45F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#E45F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45F48

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45F48	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA425A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 95, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.170 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4917c',
    500: '#e45f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45f48;
$custom-light: #f4917c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.846,
    "s": 74.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65037,
    "c": 0.17049,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45F48

secondary

#A5DAE3

accent

#D5F137

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45F48

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

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