#E4514C#E4514C

#E4514C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.184 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4514C
RGB	rgb(228, 81, 76)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.5%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 56.66, 34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 66.15, 31.07°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.1654 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.184 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2456, 22.9057, 9.3487)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4514C #4CDFE4

analogous

#E44C93 #E4514C #E49D4C

triadic

#E4514C #4CE451 #514CE4

tetradic

#E4514C #93E44C #4CDFE4 #9D4CE4

square

#E4514C #93E44C #4CDFE4 #9D4CE4

split-complementary

#E4514C #4CE49D #4C93E4

monochromatic

#9E1C18 #D32620 #E4514C #EC8581 #F4B8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#E4514C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#E4514C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4514C

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4514C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4514C	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#79704A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4514c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 81, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.184 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4897e',
    500: '#e4514c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4514c;
$custom-light: #f4897e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4514c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.974,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63362,
    "c": 0.18364,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4514C

secondary

#A8E1E3

accent

#EAF037

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4514C

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

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