#E65E45#E65E45

#E65E45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.174 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65E45
RGB	rgb(230, 94, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, 51.33, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 65.63, 38.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.1472 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.174 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7138, 25.2632, 8.5194)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65E45 #45CDE6

analogous

#E6457C #E65E45 #E6AE45

triadic

#E65E45 #45E65E #5E45E6

tetradic

#E65E45 #7CE645 #45CDE6 #AE45E6

square

#E65E45 #7CE645 #45CDE6 #AE45E6

split-complementary

#E65E45 #45E6AE #457CE6

monochromatic

#9C2A15 #D2381C #E65E45 #ED8D7B #F5BBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#E65E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#E65E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65E45

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65E45	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)

#837742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC4059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 94, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.174 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6907a',
    500: '#e65e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65e45;
$custom-light: #f6907a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.317,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65168,
    "c": 0.17431,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65E45

secondary

#A4D9E3

accent

#D5F335

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65E45

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

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