#E8514A#E8514A

#E8514A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.188 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8514A
RGB	rgb(232, 81, 74)
HSL	hsl(3, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 68.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 57.87, 36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 68.26, 32.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.1684 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.188 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4611, 23.5404, 9.0484)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8514A #4AE1E8

analogous

#E84A92 #E8514A #E8A04A

triadic

#E8514A #4AE851 #514AE8

tetradic

#E8514A #92E84A #4AE1E8 #A04AE8

square

#E8514A #92E84A #4AE1E8 #A04AE8

split-complementary

#E8514A #4AE8A0 #4A92E8

monochromatic

#A31B15 #D9241C #E8514A #EF8580 #F6B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E8514A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E8514A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8514A

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8514A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8514A	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8514a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 81, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.188 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7897d',
    500: '#e8514a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8514a;
$custom-light: #f7897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8514a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.658,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63967,
    "c": 0.18811,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8514A

secondary

#A8E3E5

accent

#EBF434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8514A

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

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