#E8514D#E8514D

#E8514D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.188 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8514D
RGB	rgb(232, 81, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 66.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 58.02, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 67.54, 30.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.1694 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.188 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5646, 23.5818, 9.5934)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8514D #4DE4E8

analogous

#E84D97 #E8514D #E89E4D

triadic

#E8514D #4DE851 #514DE8

tetradic

#E8514D #97E84D #4DE4E8 #9E4DE8

square

#E8514D #97E84D #4DE4E8 #9E4DE8

split-complementary

#E8514D #4DE89E #4D97E8

monochromatic

#A51915 #DB211C #E8514D #EF8683 #F6BBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E8514D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#E8514D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8514D

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8514D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8514D	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A714B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8514d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 81, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.188 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7897f',
    500: '#e8514d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8514d;
$custom-light: #f7897f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8514d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.548,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64012,
    "c": 0.18768,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8514D

secondary

#ABE4E6

accent

#D4D90C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8514D

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

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