#E4504E#E4504E

#E4504E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.184 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4504E
RGB	rgb(228, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 57.18, 32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 65.94, 29.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.1674 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.184 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2424, 22.7864, 9.6961)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4504E #4EE2E4

analogous

#E44E97 #E4504E #E49B4E

triadic

#E4504E #4EE450 #504EE4

tetradic

#E4504E #97E44E #4EE2E4 #9B4EE4

square

#E4504E #97E44E #4EE2E4 #9B4EE4

split-complementary

#E4504E #4EE49B #4E97E4

monochromatic

#9F1A18 #D42320 #E4504E #EC8583 #F4B9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#E4504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#E4504E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4504E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4504E	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.184 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4887f',
    500: '#e4504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4504e;
$custom-light: #f4887f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63279,
    "c": 0.18436,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4504E

secondary

#AAE3E4

accent

#EEF038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4504E

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

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