#E4524C#E4524C

#E4524C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.183 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4524C
RGB	rgb(228, 82, 76)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 56.24, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 65.89, 31.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% 0.1641 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.183 26)
XYZ	xyz(36.3204, 23.0554, 9.3737)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4524C #4CDEE4

analogous

#E44C92 #E4524C #E49E4C

triadic

#E4524C #4CE452 #524CE4

tetradic

#E4524C #92E44C #4CDEE4 #9E4CE4

square

#E4524C #92E44C #4CDEE4 #9E4CE4

split-complementary

#E4524C #4CE49E #4C92E4

monochromatic

#9E1D18 #D32720 #E4524C #EC8581 #F4B9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E4524C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E4524C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4524C

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4524C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4524C	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#79704A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4524c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 82, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.183 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4897e',
    500: '#e4524c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4524c;
$custom-light: #f4897e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4524c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.368,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63478,
    "c": 0.18264,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.2305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4524C

secondary

#A8E1E3

accent

#E9F037

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4524C

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

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