#E4504B#E4504B
#E4504B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.185 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E4504B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(228, 80, 75) |
| HSL | hsl(2, 74%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(2, 67%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 67.1%, 10.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(54.81, 57.02, 34.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(54.81, 66.64, 31.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.23% 0.1663 0.0804) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.23% 0.185 25.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.1373, 22.7444, 9.1425) |
| Luminance | 0.2274 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 1.94
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.74
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 4.13
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.49
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.82
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 5.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E4504B #4BDFE4
analogous
#E44B93 #E4504B #E49D4B
triadic
#E4504B #4BE450 #504BE4
tetradic
#E4504B #93E44B #4BDFE4 #9D4BE4
square
#E4504B #93E44B #4BDFE4 #9D4BE4
split-complementary
#E4504B #4BE49D #4B93E4
monochromatic
#9D1C18 #D22520 #E4504B #EC8480 #F4B7B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.79
#E4504B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.55
#E4504B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E4504B
5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E4504B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E4504B | 1.00 | 3.79 | 5.55 | 5.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#786F49
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D8F47
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA2B50
Achromatopsia (no color)
#838383
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e4504b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 80, 75); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.185 25.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4887d',
500: '#e4504b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e4504b; $custom-light: #f4887d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e4504b",
"rgb": {
"r": 228,
"g": 80,
"b": 75
},
"hsl": {
"h": 1.961,
"s": 73.913,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63232,
"c": 0.18477,
"h": 25.8
},
"luminance": 0.22739
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E4504B
secondary
#A8E1E3
accent
#EBF137
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180C09
muted
#867D7B