#E25541#E25541

#E25541 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.180 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E25541
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(7, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 71.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 53.74, 40.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 67.21, 36.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.1543 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.18 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5704, 23.0524, 7.5765)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E25541 #41CEE2

analogous

#E2417E #E25541 #E2A541

triadic

#E25541 #41E255 #5541E2

tetradic

#E25541 #7EE241 #41CEE2 #A541E2

square

#E25541 #7EE241 #41CEE2 #A541E2

split-complementary

#E25541 #41E2A5 #417EE2

monochromatic

#922616 #C7331E #E25541 #EA8576 #F2B4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E25541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E25541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E25541

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E25541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E25541	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#7C713E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e25541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.180 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b76',
    500: '#e25541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e25541;
$custom-light: #f38b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e25541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.453,
    "s": 73.516,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63366,
    "c": 0.17954,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E25541

secondary

#9FD8E0

accent

#D9F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E25541

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

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