#E85253#E85253

#E85253 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.186 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85253
RGB	rgb(232, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(360, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(360, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, 57.95, 31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 65.93, 28.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1704 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.186 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8611, 23.8202, 10.7860)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85253 #52E8E7

analogous

#E8529E #E85253 #E89C52

triadic

#E85253 #53E852 #5253E8

tetradic

#E85253 #9EE852 #52E8E7 #9C52E8

square

#E85253 #9EE852 #52E8E7 #9C52E8

split-complementary

#E85253 #52E89C #529EE8

monochromatic

#A91617 #DF1E1F #E85253 #EF8889 #F6BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E85253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E85253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85253

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85253	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#7A7252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.186 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78a83',
    500: '#e85253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85253;
$custom-light: #f78a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.6,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64221,
    "c": 0.18592,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85253

secondary

#AFE7E6

accent

#D9D70D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85253

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

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