#E85251#E85251

#E85251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.186 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85251
RGB	rgb(232, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 57.83, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 66.36, 29.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.1696 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.186 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7850, 23.7897, 10.3852)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85251 #51E7E8

analogous

#E8519C #E85251 #E89E51

triadic

#E85251 #51E852 #5251E8

tetradic

#E85251 #9CE851 #51E7E8 #9E51E8

square

#E85251 #9CE851 #51E7E8 #9E51E8

split-complementary

#E85251 #51E89E #519CE8

monochromatic

#A81716 #DE1F1D #E85251 #EF8887 #F6BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E85251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E85251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85251

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85251	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.186 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78a82',
    500: '#e85251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85251;
$custom-light: #f78a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.397,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64188,
    "c": 0.18616,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85251

secondary

#AEE6E7

accent

#D8D90D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85251

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

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