#E3512E#E3512E

#E3512E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.188 H 34.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3512E
RGB	rgb(227, 81, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 79.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, 55.04, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 74.08, 42.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% 0.1548 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.188 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1181, 22.4181, 5.0622)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3512E #2EC0E3

analogous

#E32E65 #E3512E #E3AB2E

triadic

#E3512E #2EE351 #512EE3

tetradic

#E3512E #65E32E #2EC0E3 #AB2EE3

square

#E3512E #65E32E #2EC0E3 #AB2EE3

split-complementary

#E3512E #2EE3AB #2E65E3

monochromatic

#852812 #BB3819 #E3512E #EA7E64 #F1AB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#E3512E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#E3512E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E3512E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3512E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3512E	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA274A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3512e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 81, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.188 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5886a',
    500: '#e3512e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3512e;
$custom-light: #f5886a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3512e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.602,
    "s": 76.371,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62841,
    "c": 0.18808,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3512E

secondary

#90CEDD

accent

#CEF335

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#190C06

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3512E

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

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