#E5524C#E5524C

#E5524C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.184 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5524C
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 76)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 56.57, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 66.30, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.165 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.184 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6387, 23.2195, 9.3886)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5524C #4CDFE5

analogous

#E54C93 #E5524C #E59F4C

triadic

#E5524C #4CE552 #524CE5

tetradic

#E5524C #93E54C #4CDFE5 #9F4CE5

square

#E5524C #93E54C #4CDFE5 #9F4CE5

split-complementary

#E5524C #4CE59F #4C93E5

monochromatic

#9F1D17 #D5261F #E5524C #ED8681 #F5B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E5524C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E5524C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5524C

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5524C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5524C	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A704A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5524c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.184 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58a7e',
    500: '#e5524c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5524c;
$custom-light: #f58a7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5524c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.353,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63636,
    "c": 0.18369,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5524C

secondary

#A9E2E4

accent

#EAF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5524C

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

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