#E85E52#E85E52

#E85E52 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.174 H 27.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E52
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 82)
HSL	hsl(5, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 52.73, 34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 62.95, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.1537 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.174 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8082, 25.7755, 10.9126)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E52 #52DCE8

analogous

#E85291 #E85E52 #E8A952

triadic

#E85E52 #52E85E #5E52E8

tetradic

#E85E52 #91E852 #52DCE8 #A952E8

square

#E85E52 #91E852 #52DCE8 #A952E8

split-complementary

#E85E52 #52E8A9 #5291E8

monochromatic

#A92216 #DF2D1E #E85E52 #EF9088 #F6C3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E85E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#E85E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E52

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E52	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.174 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69183',
    500: '#e85e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e52;
$custom-light: #f69183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65657,
    "c": 0.17375,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E52

secondary

#AFE2E7

accent

#C8D90D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E52

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

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