#E46251#E46251

#E46251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.165 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E46251
RGB	rgb(228, 98, 81)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(7, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 49.44, 34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 60.49, 35.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.1437 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.165 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8514, 25.8283, 10.7751)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E46251 #51D3E4

analogous

#E45189 #E46251 #E4AB51

triadic

#E46251 #51E462 #6251E4

tetradic

#E46251 #89E451 #51D3E4 #AB51E4

square

#E46251 #89E451 #51D3E4 #AB51E4

split-complementary

#E46251 #51E4AB #5189E4

monochromatic

#A22919 #D73621 #E46251 #EC9286 #F4C2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E46251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#E46251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E46251

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E46251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E46251	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e46251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 98, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.165 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39382',
    500: '#e46251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e46251;
$custom-light: #f39382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e46251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.939,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65568,
    "c": 0.16546,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E46251

secondary

#ACDEE4

accent

#BED510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E46251

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

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