#E3524C#E3524C

#E3524C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.182 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3524C
RGB	rgb(227, 82, 76)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 66.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.96, 55.91, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.96, 65.48, 31.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% 0.1632 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.182 26)
XYZ	xyz(36.0040, 22.8923, 9.3589)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3524C #4CDDE3

analogous

#E34C92 #E3524C #E39E4C

triadic

#E3524C #4CE352 #524CE3

tetradic

#E3524C #92E34C #4CDDE3 #9E4CE3

square

#E3524C #92E34C #4CDDE3 #9E4CE3

split-complementary

#E3524C #4CE39E #4C92E3

monochromatic

#9C1E18 #D12821 #E3524C #EB8581 #F4B8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E3524C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#E3524C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E3524C

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3524C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3524C	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79704A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F92F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3524c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 82, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.182 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3897e',
    500: '#e3524c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3524c;
$custom-light: #f3897e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3524c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.384,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6332,
    "c": 0.18158,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.22887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3524C

secondary

#A8E0E3

accent

#E8F038

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3524C

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

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