#E8524A#E8524A

#E8524A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.187 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8524A
RGB	rgb(232, 82, 74)
HSL	hsl(3, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 68.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 57.46, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 68.01, 32.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.1671 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.187 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.5360, 23.6901, 9.0734)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8524A #4AE0E8

analogous

#E84A91 #E8524A #E8A14A

triadic

#E8524A #4AE852 #524AE8

tetradic

#E8524A #91E84A #4AE0E8 #A14AE8

square

#E8524A #91E84A #4AE0E8 #A14AE8

split-complementary

#E8524A #4AE8A1 #4A91E8

monochromatic

#A31C15 #D9251C #E8524A #EF8680 #F6BAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E8524A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E8524A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8524A

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8524A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8524A	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)

#7B7148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8524a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 82, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.187 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78a7d',
    500: '#e8524a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8524a;
$custom-light: #f78a7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8524a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.038,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64081,
    "c": 0.18714,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8524A

secondary

#A8E2E5

accent

#EAF434

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8524A

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

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