#E5525E#E5525E

#E5525E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.182 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5525E
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 94)
HSL	hsl(355, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 57.67, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 62.68, 23.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.1718 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.182 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3543, 23.5058, 13.1576)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5525E #52E5D9

analogous

#E552A7 #E5525E #E58F52

triadic

#E5525E #5EE552 #525EE5

tetradic

#E5525E #A7E552 #52E5D9 #8F52E5

square

#E5525E #A7E552 #52E5D9 #8F52E5

split-complementary

#E5525E #52E58F #52A7E5

monochromatic

#A41924 #D92130 #E5525E #ED8790 #F5BCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E5525E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#E5525E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5525E

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5525E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5525E	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77725D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D915A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5525e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.182 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a8b',
    500: '#e5525e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5525e;
$custom-light: #f48a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5525e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.102,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63949,
    "c": 0.18191,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5525E

secondary

#AEE5E1

accent

#D6C610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5525E

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

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