#E9523E#E9523E

#E9523E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.190 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9523E
RGB	rgb(233, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(7, 80%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 73.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 57.23, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 71.63, 36.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.1639 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.19 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4952, 23.7114, 7.1589)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9523E #3ED5E9

analogous

#E93E7F #E9523E #E9A83E

triadic

#E9523E #3EE952 #523EE9

tetradic

#E9523E #7FE93E #3ED5E9 #A83EE9

square

#E9523E #7FE93E #3ED5E9 #A83EE9

split-complementary

#E9523E #3EE9A8 #3E7FE9

monochromatic

#9B2212 #D22E18 #E9523E #EF8375 #F6B4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E9523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E9523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E9523E

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9523E	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF294E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.190 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f98a74',
    500: '#e9523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9523e;
$custom-light: #f98a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.018,
    "s": 79.535,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64081,
    "c": 0.19024,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9523E

secondary

#9FDCE4

accent

#DFF632

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C08

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9523E

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

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