#E87253#E87253

#E87253 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.154 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E87253
RGB	rgb(232, 114, 83)
HSL	hsl(12, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 43.32, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 57.82, 41.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% 0.1247 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.154 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8610, 29.8198, 11.7860)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E87253 #53C9E8

analogous

#E8537F #E87253 #E8BC53

triadic

#E87253 #53E872 #7253E8

tetradic

#E87253 #7FE853 #53C9E8 #BC53E8

square

#E87253 #7FE853 #53C9E8 #BC53E8

split-complementary

#E87253 #53E8BC #537FE8

monochromatic

#AA3517 #E0461E #E87253 #EF9E89 #F6CBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#E87253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#E87253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E87253

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E87253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E87253	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD5C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e87253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 114, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.154 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f59d84',
    500: '#e87253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e87253;
$custom-light: #f59d84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e87253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.483,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68445,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E87253

secondary

#B0DCE7

accent

#AED90D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E87253

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

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