#E2525C#E2525C

#E2525C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.179 H 19.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2525C
RGB	rgb(226, 82, 92)
HSL	hsl(356, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 59.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 56.56, 24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 61.81, 23.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.1683 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.179 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3165, 22.9809, 12.6465)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2525C #52E2D8

analogous

#E252A4 #E2525C #E29052

triadic

#E2525C #5CE252 #525CE2

tetradic

#E2525C #A4E252 #52E2D8 #9052E2

square

#E2525C #A4E252 #52E2D8 #9052E2

split-complementary

#E2525C #52E290 #52A4E2

monochromatic

#9F1B24 #D32330 #E2525C #EB868D #F4BBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E2525C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E2525C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2525C

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2525C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2525C	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76715B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2525c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 82, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.179 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28a8a',
    500: '#e2525c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2525c;
$custom-light: #f28a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2525c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.833,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6344,
    "c": 0.17885,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2525C

secondary

#ACE3E0

accent

#D3C612

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2525C

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

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