#E14838#E14838

#E14838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.192 H 29.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E14838
RGB	rgb(225, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68%, 75.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, 58.36, 42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 72.31, 36.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1671 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.192 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0864, 20.9329, 5.9862)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E14838 #38D1E1

analogous

#E1387D #E14838 #E19C38

triadic

#E14838 #38E148 #4838E1

tetradic

#E14838 #7DE138 #38D1E1 #9C38E1

square

#E14838 #7DE138 #38D1E1 #9C38E1

split-complementary

#E14838 #38E19C #387DE1

monochromatic

#8A2015 #BF2C1D #E14838 #E9796D #F1AAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#E14838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#E14838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E14838

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E14838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E14838	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F71446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e14838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.192 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38370',
    500: '#e14838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e14838;
$custom-light: #f38370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e14838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.68,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61611,
    "c": 0.19217,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E14838

secondary

#97D7DE

accent

#DFF037

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190B07

muted

#867C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E14838

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

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