#E0523B#E0523B

#E0523B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.181 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0523B
RGB	rgb(224, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 73.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 54.08, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 68.80, 38.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% 0.1545 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.181 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5509, 22.2026, 6.6030)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0523B #3BC9E0

analogous

#E03B76 #E0523B #E0A53B

triadic

#E0523B #3BE052 #523BE0

tetradic

#E0523B #76E03B #3BC9E0 #A53BE0

square

#E0523B #76E03B #3BC9E0 #A53BE0

split-complementary

#E0523B #3BE0A5 #3B76E0

monochromatic

#8B2616 #C0351E #E0523B #E88170 #F1AFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#E0523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#E0523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E0523B

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0523B	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F62D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.181 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28972',
    500: '#e0523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0523b;
$custom-light: #f28972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.364,
    "s": 72.687,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62615,
    "c": 0.18146,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0523B

secondary

#99D4DE

accent

#D6EF38

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0523B

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

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