#E8524D#E8524D

#E8524D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.187 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8524D
RGB	rgb(232, 82, 77)
HSL	hsl(2, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 66.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 57.61, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 67.28, 31.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.1682 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.187 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6394, 23.7315, 9.6184)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8524D #4DE3E8

analogous

#E84D96 #E8524D #E89F4D

triadic

#E8524D #4DE852 #524DE8

tetradic

#E8524D #96E84D #4DE3E8 #9F4DE8

square

#E8524D #96E84D #4DE3E8 #9F4DE8

split-complementary

#E8524D #4DE89F #4D96E8

monochromatic

#A51A15 #DB231C #E8524D #EF8783 #F6BBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E8524D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E8524D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8524D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8524D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8524D	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B714B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8524d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 82, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.187 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78a7f',
    500: '#e8524d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8524d;
$custom-light: #f78a7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8524d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.935,
    "s": 77.114,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64125,
    "c": 0.18669,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8524D

secondary

#ABE4E6

accent

#D3D90C

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8524D

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

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