#E05252#E05252

#E05252 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.178 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05252
RGB	rgb(224, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 63.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 55.26, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 62.89, 28.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.1626 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.178 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2842, 22.4959, 10.4652)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05252 #52E0E0

analogous

#E05299 #E05252 #E09952

triadic

#E05252 #52E052 #5252E0

tetradic

#E05252 #99E052 #52E0E0 #9952E0

square

#E05252 #99E052 #52E0E0 #9952E0

split-complementary

#E05252 #52E099 #5299E0

monochromatic

#9C1C1C #D02525 #E05252 #E98686 #F3BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#E05252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#E05252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05252

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05252	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.178 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18982',
    500: '#e05252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05252;
$custom-light: #f18982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62945,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05252

secondary

#ACE2E2

accent

#ECEC3B

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05252

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

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