#E25540#E25540

#E25540 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.180 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E25540
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 71.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 53.69, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 67.50, 37.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.154 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.18 31)
XYZ	xyz(35.5417, 23.0409, 7.4253)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E25540 #40CDE2

analogous

#E2407C #E25540 #E2A640

triadic

#E25540 #40E255 #5540E2

tetradic

#E25540 #7CE240 #40CDE2 #A640E2

square

#E25540 #7CE240 #40CDE2 #A640E2

split-complementary

#E25540 #40E2A6 #407CE2

monochromatic

#922616 #C7341E #E25540 #EA8475 #F2B4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E25540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E25540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E25540

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E25540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E25540	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e25540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.180 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b76',
    500: '#e25540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e25540;
$custom-light: #f38b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e25540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.778,
    "s": 73.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63353,
    "c": 0.17974,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.23036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E25540

secondary

#9ED7E0

accent

#D8F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E25540

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

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