#E35A50#E35A50

#E35A50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.173 H 27.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35A50
RGB	rgb(227, 90, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 64.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 52.68, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 62.41, 32.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.1538 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.173 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7863, 24.2273, 10.3271)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35A50 #50D9E3

analogous

#E3508F #E35A50 #E3A450

triadic

#E35A50 #50E35A #5A50E3

tetradic

#E35A50 #8FE350 #50D9E3 #A450E3

square

#E35A50 #8FE350 #50D9E3 #A450E3

split-complementary

#E35A50 #50E3A4 #508FE3

monochromatic

#9F2319 #D42E22 #E35A50 #EB8C85 #F4BDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E35A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#E35A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35A50

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35A50	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E754E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 90, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.173 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38e81',
    500: '#e35a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35a50;
$custom-light: #f38e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.082,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64356,
    "c": 0.17279,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35A50

secondary

#ABE0E4

accent

#C7D411

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35A50

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

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