#E5514C#E5514C

#E5514C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.185 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5514C
RGB	rgb(229, 81, 76)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 56.99, 34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 66.56, 31.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.1663 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.185 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5638, 23.0698, 9.3637)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5514C #4CE0E5

analogous

#E54C93 #E5514C #E59E4C

triadic

#E5514C #4CE551 #514CE5

tetradic

#E5514C #93E54C #4CE0E5 #9E4CE5

square

#E5514C #93E54C #4CE0E5 #9E4CE5

split-complementary

#E5514C #4CE59E #4C93E5

monochromatic

#9F1C17 #D5251F #E5514C #ED8581 #F5B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E5514C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E5514C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5514C

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5514C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5514C	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)

#FB2D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5514c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 81, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.185 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5897e',
    500: '#e5514c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5514c;
$custom-light: #f5897e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5514c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.961,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6352,
    "c": 0.18468,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5514C

secondary

#A9E2E4

accent

#EBF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5514C

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

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