#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
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 1.97
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.82
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 4.24
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.48
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.99
Faded Red
#D3494E
ΔE00 5.22
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