#E25440#E25440

#E25440 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.181 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E25440
RGB	rgb(226, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 54.12, 40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 67.73, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% 0.1553 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.181 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4635, 22.8846, 7.3993)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E25440 #40CEE2

analogous

#E2407D #E25440 #E2A540

triadic

#E25440 #40E254 #5440E2

tetradic

#E25440 #7DE240 #40CEE2 #A540E2

square

#E25440 #7DE240 #40CEE2 #A540E2

split-complementary

#E25440 #40E2A5 #407DE2

monochromatic

#922516 #C7331E #E25440 #EA8475 #F2B3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E25440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#E25440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E25440

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E25440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E25440	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e25440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.181 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38a76',
    500: '#e25440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e25440;
$custom-light: #f38a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e25440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.407,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63232,
    "c": 0.18068,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E25440

secondary

#9ED8E0

accent

#D9F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E25440

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

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