#E85254#E85254
#E85254 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.186 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85254 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 82, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 77%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 63.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.92, 58.01, 30.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(55.92, 65.72, 28.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.24% 0.1707 0.0734) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.24% 0.186 23.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.9000, 23.8357, 10.9908) |
| Luminance | 0.2383 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.26
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.28
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.89
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.01
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 4.33
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85254 #52E8E6
analogous
#E8529F #E85254 #E89B52
triadic
#E85254 #54E852 #5254E8
tetradic
#E85254 #9FE852 #52E8E6 #9B52E8
square
#E85254 #9FE852 #52E8E6 #9B52E8
split-complementary
#E85254 #52E89B #529FE8
monochromatic
#A91618 #DF1E20 #E85254 #EF8889 #F6BEBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.64
#E85254 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.77
#E85254 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85254
5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85254 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85254 | 1.00 | 3.64 | 5.77 | 5.77 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.64 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A7253
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9F9250
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FE2F54
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85254; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 82, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.186 23.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f78a84',
500: '#e85254',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85254; $custom-light: #f78a84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85254",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 82,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 359.2,
"s": 76.531,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64238,
"c": 0.18581,
"h": 23.3
},
"luminance": 0.2383
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85254
secondary
#AFE7E6
accent
#D9D60D
background
#FFF8F8
surface
#FFF0EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#190C0B
muted
#877D7C