#E2525B#E2525B

#E2525B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.179 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2525B
RGB	rgb(226, 82, 91)
HSL	hsl(356, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 59.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.03, 56.49, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.03, 61.97, 24.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1679 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.179 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2731, 22.9635, 12.4178)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2525B #52E2D9

analogous

#E252A3 #E2525B #E29152

triadic

#E2525B #5BE252 #525BE2

tetradic

#E2525B #A3E252 #52E2D9 #9152E2

square

#E2525B #A3E252 #52E2D9 #9152E2

split-complementary

#E2525B #52E291 #52A3E2

monochromatic

#9F1B23 #D3232E #E2525B #EB868D #F4BBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#E2525B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#E2525B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2525B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2525B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2525B	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77715A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2525b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 82, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.179 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28989',
    500: '#e2525b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2525b;
$custom-light: #f28989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2525b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63421,
    "c": 0.17891,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2525B

secondary

#ACE3E0

accent

#D3C712

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2525B

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

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