#E84848#E84848

#E84848 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.197 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E84848
RGB	rgb(232, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, 61.28, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 70.96, 30.27°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.1787 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.197 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7698, 22.2638, 8.4908)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E84848 #48E8E8

analogous

#E84898 #E84848 #E89848

triadic

#E84848 #48E848 #4848E8

tetradic

#E84848 #98E848 #48E8E8 #9848E8

square

#E84848 #98E848 #48E8E8 #9848E8

split-complementary

#E84848 #48E898 #4898E8

monochromatic

#A11414 #D81B1B #E84848 #EF7E7E #F6B5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#E84848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#E84848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E84848

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E84848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E84848	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF134A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e84848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.197 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8857b',
    500: '#e84848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e84848;
$custom-light: #f8857b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e84848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62971,
    "c": 0.19691,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E84848

secondary

#A7E5E5

accent

#F4F434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E84848

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

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