#E35256#E35256

#E35256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.180 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35256
RGB	rgb(227, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.9%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 56.49, 28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 63.29, 26.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1669 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.18 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3791, 23.0423, 11.3343)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35256 #52E3DF

analogous

#E3529E #E35256 #E39652

triadic

#E35256 #56E352 #5256E3

tetradic

#E35256 #9EE352 #52E3DF #9652E3

square

#E35256 #9EE352 #52E3DF #9652E3

split-complementary

#E35256 #52E396 #529EE3

monochromatic

#A11A1E #D52327 #E35256 #EC8789 #F4BBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E35256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E35256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35256

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35256	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.180 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38985',
    500: '#e35256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35256;
$custom-light: #f38985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.345,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63486,
    "c": 0.18035,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35256

secondary

#ADE4E2

accent

#D4CF11

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35256

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

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