#E55252#E55252

#E55252 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.183 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55252
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 56.91, 31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 64.93, 28.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.1672 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.183 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8571, 23.3069, 10.5389)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55252 #52E5E5

analogous

#E5529B #E55252 #E59B52

triadic

#E55252 #52E552 #5252E5

tetradic

#E55252 #9BE552 #52E5E5 #9B52E5

square

#E55252 #9BE552 #52E5E5 #9B52E5

split-complementary

#E55252 #52E59B #529BE5

monochromatic

#A41919 #D92121 #E55252 #ED8787 #F5BCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E55252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#E55252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55252

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55252	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.183 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58a82',
    500: '#e55252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55252;
$custom-light: #f58a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63731,
    "c": 0.1829,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55252

secondary

#AEE5E5

accent

#D6D610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55252

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

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