#E2855C#E2855C

#E2855C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2855C
RGB	rgb(226, 133, 92)
HSL	hsl(18, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 59.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, 31.87, 37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 49.00, 49.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0915 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.127 44)
XYZ	xyz(41.6864, 33.7207, 14.4365)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2855C #5CB9E2

analogous

#E25C76 #E2855C #E2C85C

triadic

#E2855C #5CE285 #855CE2

tetradic

#E2855C #76E25C #5CB9E2 #C85CE2

square

#E2855C #76E25C #5CB9E2 #C85CE2

split-complementary

#E2855C #5CE2C8 #5C76E2

monochromatic

#A6471E #D95E28 #E2855C #EBAC90 #F4D3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#E2855C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#E2855C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2855C

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2855C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2855C	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2855c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 133, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a98b',
    500: '#e2855c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2855c;
$custom-light: #f0a98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2855c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.358,
    "s": 69.792,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70797,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.33717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2855C

secondary

#B4D6E5

accent

#98D214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2855C

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

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