#E5514D#E5514D

#E5514D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.185 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5514D
RGB	rgb(229, 81, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 66.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.16, 57.04, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.16, 66.32, 30.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.1667 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.185 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5988, 23.0838, 9.5482)
Luminance	0.2308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5514D #4DE1E5

analogous

#E54D95 #E5514D #E59D4D

triadic

#E5514D #4DE551 #514DE5

tetradic

#E5514D #95E54D #4DE1E5 #9D4DE5

square

#E5514D #95E54D #4DE1E5 #9D4DE5

split-complementary

#E5514D #4DE59D #4D95E5

monochromatic

#A01B17 #D6241F #E5514D #ED8582 #F5B9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E5514D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#E5514D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5514D

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5514D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5514D	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)

#79704B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5514d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 81, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.185 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5897f',
    500: '#e5514d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5514d;
$custom-light: #f5897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5514d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63536,
    "c": 0.18455,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5514D

secondary

#AAE3E4

accent

#ECF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5514D

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

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