#E25251#E25251

#E25251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.180 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E25251
RGB	rgb(226, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 55.86, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 63.92, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% 0.1641 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.18 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8701, 22.8024, 10.2954)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E25251 #51E1E2

analogous

#E25198 #E25251 #E29B51

triadic

#E25251 #51E252 #5251E2

tetradic

#E25251 #98E251 #51E1E2 #9B51E2

square

#E25251 #98E251 #51E1E2 #9B51E2

split-complementary

#E25251 #51E29B #5198E2

monochromatic

#9E1B1A #D32423 #E25251 #EB8685 #F3BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#E25251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#E25251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E25251

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E25251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E25251	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e25251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.180 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28982',
    500: '#e25251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e25251;
$custom-light: #f28982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e25251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.414,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63242,
    "c": 0.17984,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E25251

secondary

#ACE3E3

accent

#D2D312

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E25251

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

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