#E4514B#E4514B

#E4514B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.184 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4514B
RGB	rgb(228, 81, 75)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 67.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 56.60, 34.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 66.39, 31.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.165 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.184 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2111, 22.8919, 9.1671)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4514B #4BDEE4

analogous

#E44B92 #E4514B #E49E4B

triadic

#E4514B #4BE451 #514BE4

tetradic

#E4514B #92E44B #4BDEE4 #9E4BE4

square

#E4514B #92E44B #4BDEE4 #9E4BE4

split-complementary

#E4514B #4BE49E #4B92E4

monochromatic

#9D1D18 #D22720 #E4514B #EC8480 #F4B8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E4514B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#E4514B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4514B

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4514B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4514B	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4514b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 81, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.184 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4897d',
    500: '#e4514b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4514b;
$custom-light: #f4897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4514b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.353,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63347,
    "c": 0.18378,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4514B

secondary

#A8E1E3

accent

#E9F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4514B

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

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