#E2543B#E2543B

#E2543B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.182 H 32.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2543B
RGB	rgb(226, 84, 59)
HSL	hsl(9, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 73.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, 53.91, 43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 69.17, 38.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.1537 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.182 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3276, 22.8302, 6.6833)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2543B #3BC9E2

analogous

#E23B75 #E2543B #E2A73B

triadic

#E2543B #3BE254 #543BE2

tetradic

#E2543B #75E23B #3BC9E2 #A73BE2

square

#E2543B #75E23B #3BC9E2 #A73BE2

split-complementary

#E2543B #3BE2A7 #3B75E2

monochromatic

#8E2715 #C3361D #E2543B #EA8370 #F2B1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E2543B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#E2543B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2543B

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2543B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2543B	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)

#7C7037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8304F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2543b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 84, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.182 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38a72',
    500: '#e2543b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2543b;
$custom-light: #f38a72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2543b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.982,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63172,
    "c": 0.18171,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2543B

secondary

#9AD5DF

accent

#D5F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2543B

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

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