#E5514F#E5514F
#E5514F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.184 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5514F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 81, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(1, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(1, 66%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 65.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.19, 57.15, 32.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(55.19, 65.86, 29.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.57% 0.1674 0.077) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.57% 0.184 24.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.6705, 23.1125, 9.9258) |
| Luminance | 0.2311 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.18
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.25
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 4.19
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.26
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.66
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 4.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5514F #4FE3E5
analogous
#E54F98 #E5514F #E59C4F
triadic
#E5514F #4FE551 #514FE5
tetradic
#E5514F #98E54F #4FE3E5 #9C4FE5
square
#E5514F #98E54F #4FE3E5 #9C4FE5
split-complementary
#E5514F #4FE59C #4F98E5
monochromatic
#A21A18 #D72220 #E5514F #ED8684 #F5BABA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.74
#E5514F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.62
#E5514F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E5514F
5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5514F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5514F | 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)
#79704E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E904B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB2D52
Achromatopsia (no color)
#848484
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5514f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 81, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.184 24.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f58980',
500: '#e5514f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5514f; $custom-light: #f58980; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5514f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 81,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0.8,
"s": 74.257,
"l": 60.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63567,
"c": 0.18428,
"h": 24.7
},
"luminance": 0.23107
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5514F
secondary
#ABE4E5
accent
#D4D60F
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#180C0A
muted
#867D7C