#E4524E#E4524E

#E4524E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.182 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4524E
RGB	rgb(228, 82, 78)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 65.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 56.35, 33.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 65.42, 30.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.1648 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.182 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3910, 23.0837, 9.7456)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4524E #4EE0E4

analogous

#E44E95 #E4524E #E49D4E

triadic

#E4524E #4EE452 #524EE4

tetradic

#E4524E #95E44E #4EE0E4 #9D4EE4

square

#E4524E #95E44E #4EE0E4 #9D4EE4

split-complementary

#E4524E #4EE49D #4E95E4

monochromatic

#9F1C18 #D42520 #E4524E #EC8683 #F4BAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E4524E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#E4524E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E4524E

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4524E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4524E	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79704C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4524e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 82, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.182 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48980',
    500: '#e4524e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4524e;
$custom-light: #f48980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4524e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63509,
    "c": 0.18235,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4524E

secondary

#AAE2E4

accent

#EBF038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4524E

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

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