#E3522D#E3522D

#E3522D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.187 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3522D
RGB	rgb(227, 82, 45)
HSL	hsl(12, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 80.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 54.59, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 74.17, 42.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1532 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.187 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1735, 22.5601, 4.9845)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3522D #2DBEE3

analogous

#E32D63 #E3522D #E3AD2D

triadic

#E3522D #2DE352 #522DE3

tetradic

#E3522D #63E32D #2DBEE3 #AD2DE3

square

#E3522D #63E32D #2DBEE3 #AD2DE3

split-complementary

#E3522D #2DE3AD #2D63E3

monochromatic

#842912 #BA3A19 #E3522D #EA7E63 #F1AB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#E3522D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#E3522D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E3522D

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3522D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3522D	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA294B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3522d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 82, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.187 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58969',
    500: '#e3522d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3522d;
$custom-light: #f58969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3522d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.198,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6295,
    "c": 0.1874,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3522D

secondary

#8FCDDD

accent

#CCF335

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#190C06

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3522D

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

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