#E5524F#E5524F

#E5524F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.183 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5524F
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 79)
HSL	hsl(1, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(1, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 65.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 56.74, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 65.59, 30.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1661 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.183 25)
XYZ	xyz(36.7454, 23.2622, 9.9508)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5524F #4FE2E5

analogous

#E54F97 #E5524F #E59D4F

triadic

#E5524F #4FE552 #524FE5

tetradic

#E5524F #97E54F #4FE2E5 #9D4FE5

square

#E5524F #97E54F #4FE2E5 #9D4FE5

split-complementary

#E5524F #4FE59D #4F97E5

monochromatic

#A21B18 #D72320 #E5524F #ED8684 #F5BBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E5524F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#E5524F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5524F

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5524F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5524F	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)

#79714D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5524f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.183 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58a80',
    500: '#e5524f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5524f;
$custom-light: #f58a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5524f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.2,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63682,
    "c": 0.18327,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.23257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5524F

secondary

#ABE3E5

accent

#D2D60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5524F

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

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