#E1523C#E1523C

#E1523C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.182 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1523C
RGB	rgb(225, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 73.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 54.46, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 68.92, 37.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1557 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.182 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8880, 22.3734, 6.7555)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1523C #3CCBE1

analogous

#E13C78 #E1523C #E1A43C

triadic

#E1523C #3CE152 #523CE1

tetradic

#E1523C #78E13C #3CCBE1 #A43CE1

square

#E1523C #78E13C #3CCBE1 #A43CE1

split-complementary

#E1523C #3CE1A4 #3C78E1

monochromatic

#8D2616 #C2341E #E1523C #E98171 #F1B0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#E1523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#E1523C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E1523C

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1523C	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F72D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.182 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38973',
    500: '#e1523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1523c;
$custom-light: #f38973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62785,
    "c": 0.18232,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1523C

secondary

#9AD5DF

accent

#D7F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1523C

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

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