#EA5535#EA5535

#EA5535 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.190 H 33.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EA5535
RGB	rgb(234, 85, 53)
HSL	hsl(11, 81%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 77.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 55.98, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 73.98, 40.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% 0.1582 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.19 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8270, 24.2519, 6.0567)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EA5535 #35CAEA

analogous

#EA3570 #EA5535 #EAB035

triadic

#EA5535 #35EA55 #5535EA

tetradic

#EA5535 #70EA35 #35CAEA #B035EA

square

#EA5535 #70EA35 #35CAEA #B035EA

split-complementary

#EA5535 #35EAB0 #3570EA

monochromatic

#952710 #CD3615 #EA5535 #F0846C #F6B2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#EA5535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#EA5535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #EA5535

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EA5535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EA5535	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ea5535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(234, 85, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.190 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8b6e',
    500: '#ea5535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ea5535;
$custom-light: #fa8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ea5535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 234,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.608,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64491,
    "c": 0.19031,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EA5535

secondary

#98D5E3

accent

#D4F830

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFF0EC

border

#D7CBC7

text

#190C07

muted

#867D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #EA5535

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

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