#E35255#E35255

#E35255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.180 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35255
RGB	rgb(227, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 56.43, 29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 63.49, 27.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1665 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.18 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3391, 23.0263, 11.1236)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35255 #52E3E0

analogous

#E3529D #E35255 #E39852

triadic

#E35255 #55E352 #5255E3

tetradic

#E35255 #9DE352 #52E3E0 #9852E3

square

#E35255 #9DE352 #52E3E0 #9852E3

split-complementary

#E35255 #52E398 #529DE3

monochromatic

#A11A1D #D52326 #E35255 #EC8789 #F4BBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E35255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E35255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35255

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35255	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.180 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38985',
    500: '#e35255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35255;
$custom-light: #f38985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.759,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63468,
    "c": 0.18046,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35255

secondary

#ADE4E3

accent

#D4D011

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35255

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

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