#E2523B#E2523B

#E2523B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.184 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2523B
RGB	rgb(226, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 73.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 54.76, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 69.62, 38.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.1564 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.184 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1746, 22.5241, 6.6322)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2523B #3BCBE2

analogous

#E23B78 #E2523B #E2A53B

triadic

#E2523B #3BE252 #523BE2

tetradic

#E2523B #78E23B #3BCBE2 #A53BE2

square

#E2523B #78E23B #3BCBE2 #A53BE2

split-complementary

#E2523B #3BE2A5 #3B78E2

monochromatic

#8E2615 #C3341D #E2523B #EA8170 #F2B0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#E2523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#E2523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2523B

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2523B	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)

#7A6F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F82C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.184 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48972',
    500: '#e2523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2523b;
$custom-light: #f48972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.263,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62932,
    "c": 0.18356,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2523B

secondary

#9AD5DF

accent

#D7F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2523B

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

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