#E5453C#E5453C

#E5453C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.198 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5453C
RGB	rgb(229, 69, 60)
HSL	hsl(3, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 73.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 60.92, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 73.49, 34.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.1755 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.198 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2608, 21.2458, 6.5183)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5453C #3CDCE5

analogous

#E53C88 #E5453C #E59A3C

triadic

#E5453C #3CE545 #453CE5

tetradic

#E5453C #88E53C #3CDCE5 #9A3CE5

square

#E5453C #88E53C #3CDCE5 #9A3CE5

split-complementary

#E5453C #3CE59A #3C88E5

monochromatic

#931A14 #C9241B #E5453C #EC7972 #F3ACA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#E5453C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#E5453C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5453C

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5453C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5453C	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC0244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5453c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 69, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.198 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68272',
    500: '#e5453c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5453c;
$custom-light: #f68272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5453c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.195,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62011,
    "c": 0.19821,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5453C

secondary

#9CDDE1

accent

#E9F335

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190B08

muted

#867C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5453C

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

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