#E6523E#E6523E

#E6523E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.187 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6523E
RGB	rgb(230, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(7, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.3%, 73%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 56.23, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 70.40, 36.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.1611 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.187 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5239, 23.2106, 7.1134)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6523E #3ED2E6

analogous

#E63E7E #E6523E #E6A63E

triadic

#E6523E #3EE652 #523EE6

tetradic

#E6523E #7EE63E #3ED2E6 #A63EE6

square

#E6523E #7EE63E #3ED2E6 #A63EE6

split-complementary

#E6523E #3EE6A6 #3E7EE6

monochromatic

#962313 #CC301A #E6523E #ED8374 #F4B3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E6523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E6523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E6523E

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6523E	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD2A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.187 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68974',
    500: '#e6523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6523e;
$custom-light: #f68974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.143,
    "s": 77.064,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63603,
    "c": 0.18714,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6523E

secondary

#9EDAE2

accent

#DDF434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6523E

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

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