#E3522E#E3522E

#E3522E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.187 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3522E
RGB	rgb(227, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 79.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 54.62, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 73.87, 42.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.1535 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.187 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1929, 22.5679, 5.0871)
Luminance	0.2256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3522E #2EBFE3

analogous

#E32E64 #E3522E #E3AD2E

triadic

#E3522E #2EE352 #522EE3

tetradic

#E3522E #64E32E #2EBFE3 #AD2EE3

square

#E3522E #64E32E #2EBFE3 #AD2EE3

split-complementary

#E3522E #2EE3AD #2E64E3

monochromatic

#852912 #BB3919 #E3522E #EA7F64 #F1AB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#E3522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#E3522E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E3522E

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3522E	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)

#7C6E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA294B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.187 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5896a',
    500: '#e3522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3522e;
$custom-light: #f5896a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.934,
    "s": 76.371,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62959,
    "c": 0.18721,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3522E

secondary

#90CEDD

accent

#CDF335

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#190C06

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3522E

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

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