#E25442#E25442

#E25442 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.180 H 30.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E25442
RGB	rgb(226, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 54.22, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 67.17, 36.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.156 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.18 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5215, 22.9077, 7.7044)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E25442 #42D0E2

analogous

#E24280 #E25442 #E2A442

triadic

#E25442 #42E254 #5442E2

tetradic

#E25442 #80E242 #42D0E2 #A442E2

square

#E25442 #80E242 #42D0E2 #A442E2

split-complementary

#E25442 #42E2A4 #4280E2

monochromatic

#932517 #C8321F #E25442 #EA8477 #F2B4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#E25442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#E25442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E25442

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E25442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E25442	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#7B703F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e25442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.180 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38a77',
    500: '#e25442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e25442;
$custom-light: #f38a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e25442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63258,
    "c": 0.18029,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E25442

secondary

#9FD9E0

accent

#DBF038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E25442

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

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