#E46051#E46051
#E46051 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.168 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E46051 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 96, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 73%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 64.5%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.52, 50.37, 34.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.52, 61.01, 34.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.3% 0.1466 0.0811) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.3% 0.168 28.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.6666, 25.4587, 10.7135) |
| Luminance | 0.2545 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.01
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.10
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.43
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.65
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.41
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 6.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E46051 #51D5E4
analogous
#E4518C #E46051 #E4A951
triadic
#E46051 #51E460 #6051E4
tetradic
#E46051 #8CE451 #51D5E4 #A951E4
square
#E46051 #8CE451 #51D5E4 #A951E4
split-complementary
#E46051 #51E4A9 #518CE4
monochromatic
#A22719 #D73421 #E46051 #EC9086 #F4C1BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.45
#E46051 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.09
#E46051 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E46051
6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E46051 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E46051 | 1.00 | 3.45 | 6.09 | 6.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.45 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#82784F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3954E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9455D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e46051; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 96, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.168 28.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39182',
500: '#e46051',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e46051; $custom-light: #f39182; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e46051",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 96,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6.122,
"s": 73.134,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.653,
"c": 0.16751,
"h": 28.9
},
"luminance": 0.25454
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E46051
secondary
#ACDFE4
accent
#C1D510
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C