#E4504C#E4504C

#E4504C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.185 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4504C
RGB	rgb(228, 80, 76)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, 57.07, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 66.41, 30.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.1667 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.185 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1718, 22.7582, 9.3241)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4504C #4CE0E4

analogous

#E44C94 #E4504C #E49C4C

triadic

#E4504C #4CE450 #504CE4

tetradic

#E4504C #94E44C #4CE0E4 #9C4CE4

square

#E4504C #94E44C #4CE0E4 #9C4CE4

split-complementary

#E4504C #4CE49C #4C94E4

monochromatic

#9E1B18 #D32520 #E4504C #EC8481 #F4B8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#E4504C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#E4504C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4504C

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4504C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4504C	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#786F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4504c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 80, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.185 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4887e',
    500: '#e4504c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4504c;
$custom-light: #f4887e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4504c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63247,
    "c": 0.18463,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4504C

secondary

#A8E2E3

accent

#ECF037

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4504C

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