#E2855D#E2855D

#E2855D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.127 H 43.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2855D
RGB	rgb(226, 133, 93)
HSL	hsl(18, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 58.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 31.94, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 48.66, 48.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% 0.0919 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.127 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7304, 33.7383, 14.6682)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2855D #5DBAE2

analogous

#E25D77 #E2855D #E2C85D

triadic

#E2855D #5DE285 #855DE2

tetradic

#E2855D #77E25D #5DBAE2 #C85DE2

square

#E2855D #77E25D #5DBAE2 #C85DE2

split-complementary

#E2855D #5DE2C8 #5D77E2

monochromatic

#A7471E #D95E29 #E2855D #EBAC91 #F5D3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#E2855D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#E2855D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2855D

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2855D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2855D	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5747B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2855d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 133, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.127 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0a98b',
    500: '#e2855d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2855d;
$custom-light: #f0a98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2855d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.045,
    "s": 69.634,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70812,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2855D

secondary

#B5D7E6

accent

#99D214

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#17100C

muted

#857F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2855D

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

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