#E4514A#E4514A

#E4514A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.184 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4514A
RGB	rgb(228, 81, 74)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 56.55, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 66.63, 31.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.1647 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.184 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1771, 22.8783, 8.9882)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4514A #4ADDE4

analogous

#E44A90 #E4514A #E49E4A

triadic

#E4514A #4AE451 #514AE4

tetradic

#E4514A #90E44A #4ADDE4 #9E4AE4

square

#E4514A #90E44A #4ADDE4 #9E4AE4

split-complementary

#E4514A #4AE49E #4A90E4

monochromatic

#9C1D17 #D2271F #E4514A #EC847F #F4B7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E4514A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#E4514A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4514A

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4514A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4514A	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4514a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 81, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.184 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4897d',
    500: '#e4514a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4514a;
$custom-light: #f4897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4514a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63331,
    "c": 0.18393,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4514A

secondary

#A7E0E3

accent

#E8F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4514A

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

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