#E25642#E25642

#E25642 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.178 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E25642
RGB	rgb(226, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(8, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 53.35, 40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 66.70, 36.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.1533 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.178 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6789, 23.2226, 7.7569)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E25642 #42CEE2

analogous

#E2427E #E25642 #E2A642

triadic

#E25642 #42E256 #5642E2

tetradic

#E25642 #7EE242 #42CEE2 #A642E2

square

#E25642 #7EE242 #42CEE2 #A642E2

split-complementary

#E25642 #42E2A6 #427EE2

monochromatic

#932617 #C8341F #E25642 #EA8577 #F2B5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E25642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E25642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E25642

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E25642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E25642	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e25642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.178 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b77',
    500: '#e25642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e25642;
$custom-light: #f38b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e25642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63501,
    "c": 0.17837,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E25642

secondary

#9FD8E0

accent

#D9F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#180C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E25642

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

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