#E84551#E84551

#E84551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.199 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E84551
RGB	rgb(232, 69, 81)
HSL	hsl(356, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.3%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 62.85, 30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 69.75, 25.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.1855 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.199 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8959, 22.0115, 10.0888)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E84551 #45E8DC

analogous

#E845A3 #E84551 #E88B45

triadic

#E84551 #51E845 #4551E8

tetradic

#E84551 #A3E845 #45E8DC #8B45E8

square

#E84551 #A3E845 #45E8DC #8B45E8

split-complementary

#E84551 #45E88B #45A3E8

monochromatic

#9F141E #D51A28 #E84551 #EF7B84 #F5B2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#E84551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#E84551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E84551

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E84551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E84551	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE0E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e84551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 69, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.199 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78381',
    500: '#e84551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e84551;
$custom-light: #f78381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e84551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.583,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62815,
    "c": 0.19885,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E84551

secondary

#A4E4E0

accent

#F4E633

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E84551

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

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