#E45F51#E45F51

#E45F51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.169 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E45F51
RGB	rgb(228, 95, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 50.83, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 61.27, 33.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.148 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.169 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5759, 25.2774, 10.6833)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E45F51 #51D6E4

analogous

#E4518D #E45F51 #E4A851

triadic

#E45F51 #51E45F #5F51E4

tetradic

#E45F51 #8DE451 #51D6E4 #A851E4

square

#E45F51 #8DE451 #51D6E4 #A851E4

split-complementary

#E45F51 #51E4A8 #518DE4

monochromatic

#A22619 #D73321 #E45F51 #EC9086 #F4C0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E45F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#E45F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E45F51

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E45F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E45F51	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82784F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e45f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 95, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.169 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39182',
    500: '#e45f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e45f51;
$custom-light: #f39182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e45f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65168,
    "c": 0.16855,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E45F51

secondary

#ACDFE4

accent

#C2D510

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E45F51

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

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