#E9514C#E9514C

#E9514C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.189 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9514C
RGB	rgb(233, 81, 76)
HSL	hsl(2, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 67.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 58.30, 35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 68.18, 31.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.17 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.189 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8552, 23.7357, 9.4242)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9514C #4CE4E9

analogous

#E94C95 #E9514C #E99F4C

triadic

#E9514C #4CE951 #514CE9

tetradic

#E9514C #95E94C #4CE4E9 #9F4CE9

square

#E9514C #95E94C #4CE4E9 #9F4CE9

split-complementary

#E9514C #4CE99F #4C95E9

monochromatic

#A61914 #DD211B #E9514C #F08683 #F6BBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E9514C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E9514C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E9514C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9514C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9514C	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A714A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9514c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 81, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.189 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8897e',
    500: '#e9514c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9514c;
$custom-light: #f8897e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9514c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.911,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64156,
    "c": 0.18886,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9514C

secondary

#ABE4E6

accent

#D4DA0B

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9514C

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

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