#e5514a

Color #e5514a

A vivid, highly saturated medium red.

Closest named color Tomato #ff6347 · ΔE 13.07 Nearest Tailwind class red-500 #fb2c36 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#e5514a

RGB

rgb(229, 81, 74)

HSL

hsl(2.7, 74.9%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(2.7, 67.7%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 67.7%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(55.12, 56.88, 35.48)

LCH

lch(55.12, 67.04, 31.95)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.185, 26.45)

HWB

hwb(2.7, 29%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4adee5

Analogous

#e54a90

#e5514a

#e59e4a

Triadic

#e5514a

#4ae551

#514ae5

Split-complementary

#e5514a

#4ae59e

#4a90e5

Tetradic

#e5514a

#dee54a

#4adee5

#514ae5

Square

#e5514a

#90e54a

#4adee5

#9e4ae5

Shades

Color #e5514a mixed toward black.

#dd2820

#b12019

#841813

#58100d

#2c0806

Tints

Color #e5514a mixed toward white.

#e96e68

#ee8b86

#f2a8a4

#f6c5c3

#fbe2e1

Tones

Color #e5514a mixed toward gray.

#d85d57

#cb6864

#be7471

#b1807e

#a48c8b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b74c · ΔE 48.9

Deuteranopia

#bfc74c · ΔE 53.6

Tritanopia

#e04d4d · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 26.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5514a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5514a]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#e5514a (#e5514a) is rgb(229, 81, 74) in RGB.

No, #e5514a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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