#E85A45#E85A45

#E85A45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.180 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85A45
RGB	rgb(232, 90, 69)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(8, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 53.81, 40.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 67.39, 37.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% 0.1547 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.18 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0130, 24.9031, 8.4342)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85A45 #45D3E8

analogous

#E84582 #E85A45 #E8AC45

triadic

#E85A45 #45E85A #5A45E8

tetradic

#E85A45 #82E845 #45D3E8 #AC45E8

square

#E85A45 #82E845 #45D3E8 #AC45E8

split-complementary

#E85A45 #45E8AC #4582E8

monochromatic

#9F2614 #D5321A #E85A45 #EF8A7B #F5BBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E85A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E85A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85A45

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85A45	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)

#817542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 90, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.180 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78e79',
    500: '#e85a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85a45;
$custom-light: #f78e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.73,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64966,
    "c": 0.18029,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85A45

secondary

#A4DCE4

accent

#DCF433

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85A45

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

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