#E5524E#E5524E

#E5524E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.183 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5524E
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 78)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.33, 56.68, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.33, 65.82, 30.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.1658 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.183 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7093, 23.2478, 9.7605)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5524E #4EE1E5

analogous

#E54E96 #E5524E #E59D4E

triadic

#E5524E #4EE552 #524EE5

tetradic

#E5524E #96E54E #4EE1E5 #9D4EE5

square

#E5524E #96E54E #4EE1E5 #9D4EE5

split-complementary

#E5524E #4EE59D #4E96E5

monochromatic

#A11B18 #D6241F #E5524E #ED8683 #F5BAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E5524E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#E5524E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5524E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5524E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5524E	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)

#79714C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2F52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5524e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.183 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58a80',
    500: '#e5524e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5524e;
$custom-light: #f58a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5524e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.589,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63667,
    "c": 0.18341,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5524E

secondary

#AAE3E4

accent

#D1D70F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5524E

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

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