#E5524D#E5524D

#E5524D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.184 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5524D
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 66.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 56.63, 34.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 66.06, 31.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.1654 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.184 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6737, 23.2335, 9.5731)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5524D #4DE0E5

analogous

#E54D94 #E5524D #E59E4D

triadic

#E5524D #4DE552 #524DE5

tetradic

#E5524D #94E54D #4DE0E5 #9E4DE5

square

#E5524D #94E54D #4DE0E5 #9E4DE5

split-complementary

#E5524D #4DE59E #4D94E5

monochromatic

#A01C17 #D6251F #E5524D #ED8682 #F5BAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E5524D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#E5524D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5524D

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5524D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5524D	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A704B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5524d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.184 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58a7f',
    500: '#e5524d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5524d;
$custom-light: #f58a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5524d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.974,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63651,
    "c": 0.18354,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5524D

secondary

#AAE2E4

accent

#EBF137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5524D

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

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