#E4524B#E4524B

#E4524B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.183 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4524B
RGB	rgb(228, 82, 75)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(3, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 67.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 56.19, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 66.13, 31.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.1637 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.183 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.2859, 23.0416, 9.1920)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4524B #4BDDE4

analogous

#E44B91 #E4524B #E49F4B

triadic

#E4524B #4BE452 #524BE4

tetradic

#E4524B #91E44B #4BDDE4 #9F4BE4

square

#E4524B #91E44B #4BDDE4 #9F4BE4

split-complementary

#E4524B #4BE49F #4B91E4

monochromatic

#9D1E18 #D22820 #E4524B #EC8580 #F4B8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E4524B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E4524B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4524B

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4524B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4524B	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4524b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 82, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.183 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4897d',
    500: '#e4524b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4524b;
$custom-light: #f4897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4524b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.745,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63462,
    "c": 0.18279,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4524B

secondary

#A8E0E3

accent

#E8F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4524B

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

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