#E65C45#E65C45

#E65C45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.176 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65C45
RGB	rgb(230, 92, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 52.23, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 66.09, 37.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% 0.15 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.176 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5383, 24.9121, 8.4609)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65C45 #45CFE6

analogous

#E6457E #E65C45 #E6AC45

triadic

#E65C45 #45E65C #5C45E6

tetradic

#E65C45 #7EE645 #45CFE6 #AC45E6

square

#E65C45 #7EE645 #45CFE6 #AC45E6

split-complementary

#E65C45 #45E6AC #457EE6

monochromatic

#9C2815 #D2361C #E65C45 #ED8B7B #F5BBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E65C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E65C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65C45

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65C45	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC3D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 92, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.176 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68f79',
    500: '#e65c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65c45;
$custom-light: #f68f79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6491,
    "c": 0.17623,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65C45

secondary

#A4DAE3

accent

#D8F335

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65C45

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

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