#E35251#E35251

#E35251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.181 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35251
RGB	rgb(227, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 56.19, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 64.33, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.165 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.181 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1847, 22.9646, 10.3102)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35251 #51E2E3

analogous

#E35199 #E35251 #E39B51

triadic

#E35251 #51E352 #5251E3

tetradic

#E35251 #99E351 #51E2E3 #9B51E3

square

#E35251 #99E351 #51E2E3 #9B51E3

split-complementary

#E35251 #51E39B #5199E3

monochromatic

#A01B1A #D52322 #E35251 #EB8686 #F4BBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#E35251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#E35251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35251

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35251	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93153

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.181 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38982',
    500: '#e35251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35251;
$custom-light: #f38982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.411,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.634,
    "c": 0.1809,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35251

secondary

#ACE3E4

accent

#D3D411

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35251

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

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