#E0522F#E0522F

#E0522F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.184 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0522F
RGB	rgb(224, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 79%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 53.63, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 72.36, 42.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.1509 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.184 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2747, 22.0921, 5.1482)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0522F #2FBDE0

analogous

#E02F65 #E0522F #E0AA2F

triadic

#E0522F #2FE052 #522FE0

tetradic

#E0522F #65E02F #2FBDE0 #AA2FE0

square

#E0522F #65E02F #2FBDE0 #AA2FE0

split-complementary

#E0522F #2FE0AA #2F65E0

monochromatic

#812913 #B73A1B #E0522F #E87E64 #F0AB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#E0522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#E0522F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E0522F

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0522F	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F62B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.184 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3896a',
    500: '#e0522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0522f;
$custom-light: #f3896a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.864,
    "s": 74.059,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6249,
    "c": 0.18393,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0522F

secondary

#8FCCDC

accent

#CCF137

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#190C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0522F

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

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