#E8454D#E8454D
#E8454D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.199 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8454D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 69, 77) |
| HSL | hsl(357, 78%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(357, 70%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 66.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(53.98, 62.63, 32.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(53.98, 70.56, 27.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.75% 0.184 0.0761) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.75% 0.199 22.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.7503, 21.9533, 9.3220) |
| Luminance | 0.2195 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.32
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 3.33
Pinky Red
#FC2647
ΔE00 3.41
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 3.48
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.56
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 3.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8454D #45E8E0
analogous
#E8459F #E8454D #E88F45
triadic
#E8454D #4DE845 #454DE8
tetradic
#E8454D #9FE845 #45E8E0 #8F45E8
square
#E8454D #9FE845 #45E8E0 #8F45E8
split-complementary
#E8454D #45E88F #459FE8
monochromatic
#9F141A #D51A24 #E8454D #EF7B81 #F5B2B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.90
#E8454D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.39
#E8454D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E8454D
5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8454D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8454D | 1.00 | 3.90 | 5.39 | 5.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.90 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#736B4C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C8E48
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FE0A49
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8454d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 69, 77); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.199 22.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8837f',
500: '#e8454d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8454d; $custom-light: #f8837f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8454d",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 69,
"b": 77
},
"hsl": {
"h": 357.055,
"s": 77.99,
"l": 59.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62749,
"c": 0.19915,
"h": 22.5
},
"luminance": 0.21948
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8454D
secondary
#A4E4E1
accent
#F4EB33
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190C0A
muted
#867D7C