#E2502B#E2502B

#E2502B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.189 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2502B
RGB	rgb(226, 80, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 81%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 55.03, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 74.77, 42.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1543 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.189 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6727, 22.0856, 4.7223)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2502B #2BBDE2

analogous

#E22B61 #E2502B #E2AB2B

triadic

#E2502B #2BE250 #502BE2

tetradic

#E2502B #61E22B #2BBDE2 #AB2BE2

square

#E2502B #61E22B #2BBDE2 #AB2BE2

split-complementary

#E2502B #2BE2AB #2B61E2

monochromatic

#812812 #B73919 #E2502B #E97C61 #F1A997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#E2502B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#E2502B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2502B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2502B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2502B	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)

#7A6D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F92549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2502b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 80, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.189 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48868',
    500: '#e2502b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2502b;
$custom-light: #f48868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2502b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.131,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62538,
    "c": 0.18852,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2502B

secondary

#8DCCDC

accent

#CCF335

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#190C06

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2502B

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

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