#E25255#E25255

#E25255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.179 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E25255
RGB	rgb(226, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, 56.10, 28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 63.08, 27.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1656 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.179 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0245, 22.8641, 11.1088)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E25255 #52E2DF

analogous

#E2529D #E25255 #E29752

triadic

#E25255 #55E252 #5255E2

tetradic

#E25255 #9DE252 #52E2DF #9752E2

square

#E25255 #9DE252 #52E2DF #9752E2

split-complementary

#E25255 #52E297 #529DE2

monochromatic

#9F1B1D #D32327 #E25255 #EB8689 #F4BBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E25255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#E25255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E25255

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E25255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E25255	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e25255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.179 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28985',
    500: '#e25255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e25255;
$custom-light: #f28985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e25255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.75,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63311,
    "c": 0.17939,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E25255

secondary

#ACE3E2

accent

#D3CF12

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E25255

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

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