#E25959#E25959

#E25959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.171 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E25959
RGB	rgb(226, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 53.34, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 60.27, 27.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.1576 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.171 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7430, 24.0396, 12.1545)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E25959 #59E2E2

analogous

#E2599E #E25959 #E29E59

triadic

#E25959 #59E259 #5959E2

tetradic

#E25959 #9EE259 #59E2E2 #9E59E2

square

#E25959 #9EE259 #59E2E2 #9E59E2

split-complementary

#E25959 #59E29E #599EE2

monochromatic

#A41D1D #D82626 #E25959 #EB8D8D #F4C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E25959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#E25959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E25959

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E25959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E25959	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e25959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.171 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28d88',
    500: '#e25959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e25959;
$custom-light: #f28d88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e25959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6423,
    "c": 0.17146,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E25959

secondary

#B2E5E5

accent

#D2D213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E25959

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

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