#E85952#E85952

#E85952 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.179 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85952
RGB	rgb(232, 89, 82)
HSL	hsl(3, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 54.94, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 64.27, 31.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.1607 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.179 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3779, 24.9150, 10.7692)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85952 #52E1E8

analogous

#E85296 #E85952 #E8A452

triadic

#E85952 #52E859 #5952E8

tetradic

#E85952 #96E852 #52E1E8 #A452E8

square

#E85952 #96E852 #52E1E8 #A452E8

split-complementary

#E85952 #52E8A4 #5296E8

monochromatic

#A91D16 #DF271E #E85952 #EF8D88 #F6C1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E85952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E85952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85952

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85952	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 89, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.179 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78e83',
    500: '#e85952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85952;
$custom-light: #f78e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.8,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65031,
    "c": 0.1789,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85952

secondary

#AFE4E7

accent

#CFD90D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85952

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

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