#E3542E#E3542E

#E3542E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.185 H 35.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3542E
RGB	rgb(227, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(13, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(13, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 79.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, 53.77, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 73.46, 42.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1509 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.185 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3460, 22.8739, 5.1382)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3542E #2EBDE3

analogous

#E32E62 #E3542E #E3AF2E

triadic

#E3542E #2EE354 #542EE3

tetradic

#E3542E #62E32E #2EBDE3 #AF2EE3

square

#E3542E #62E32E #2EBDE3 #AF2EE3

split-complementary

#E3542E #2EE3AF #2E62E3

monochromatic

#852A12 #BB3B19 #E3542E #EA8064 #F1AC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#E3542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#E3542E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E3542E

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3542E	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.185 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58a6a',
    500: '#e3542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3542e;
$custom-light: #f58a6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.597,
    "s": 76.371,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63198,
    "c": 0.18545,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3542E

secondary

#90CDDD

accent

#CBF335

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EB

border

#D7CBC6

text

#190C06

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3542E

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

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