#E22551#E22551

#E22551 is a mid, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.219 H 15.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E22551
RGB	rgb(226, 37, 81)
HSL	hsl(346, 77%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(346, 84%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.6%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 70.45, 24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 74.55, 19.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.2107 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.219 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5145, 18.0912, 9.5103)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E22551 #25E2B6

analogous

#E225AF #E22551 #E25825

triadic

#E22551 #51E225 #2551E2

tetradic

#E22551 #AFE225 #25E2B6 #5825E2

square

#E22551 #AFE225 #25E2B6 #5825E2

split-complementary

#E22551 #25E258 #25AFE2

monochromatic

#7C112A #B2183C #E22551 #E95B7C #F091A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#E22551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#E22551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E22551

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E22551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E22551	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F844C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F80039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e22551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 37, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.219 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f47681',
    500: '#e22551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e22551;
$custom-light: #f47681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e22551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.032,
    "s": 76.518,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59329,
    "c": 0.21864,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E22551

secondary

#88DBC8

accent

#F3C735

background

#FFF7F7

surface

#FFEEEE

border

#D7C9C9

text

#190A0A

muted

#867C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E22551

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

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