#E8514B#E8514B

#E8514B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.188 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8514B
RGB	rgb(232, 81, 75)
HSL	hsl(2, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 67.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 57.92, 35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 68.02, 31.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% 0.1687 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.188 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4951, 23.5540, 9.2272)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8514B #4BE2E8

analogous

#E84B93 #E8514B #E89F4B

triadic

#E8514B #4BE851 #514BE8

tetradic

#E8514B #93E84B #4BE2E8 #9F4BE8

square

#E8514B #93E84B #4BE2E8 #9F4BE8

split-complementary

#E8514B #4BE89F #4B93E8

monochromatic

#A41A15 #DA231C #E8514B #EF8581 #F6BAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E8514B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E8514B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8514B

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8514B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8514B	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)

#7A7149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8514b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 81, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.188 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7897d',
    500: '#e8514b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8514b;
$custom-light: #f7897d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8514b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.293,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63982,
    "c": 0.18796,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8514B

secondary

#A9E3E6

accent

#D2DA0C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8514B

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

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