#E85249#E85249

#E85249 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.187 H 27.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85249
RGB	rgb(232, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(3, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 57.41, 36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 68.26, 32.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.1667 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.187 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5025, 23.6767, 8.8973)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85249 #49DFE8

analogous

#E84990 #E85249 #E8A149

triadic

#E85249 #49E852 #5249E8

tetradic

#E85249 #90E849 #49DFE8 #A149E8

square

#E85249 #90E849 #49DFE8 #A149E8

split-complementary

#E85249 #49E8A1 #4990E8

monochromatic

#A21D14 #D8261B #E85249 #EF867F #F6B9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E85249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E85249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85249

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85249	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.187 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78a7c',
    500: '#e85249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85249;
$custom-light: #f78a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.396,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64066,
    "c": 0.18729,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85249

secondary

#A8E2E5

accent

#E9F434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85249

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

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