#E57255#E57255

#E57255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.150 H 35.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E57255
RGB	rgb(229, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(12, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.2%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, 42.32, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 55.96, 40.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.1222 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.15 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9736, 29.3532, 12.1532)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E57255 #55C8E5

analogous

#E55580 #E57255 #E5BA55

triadic

#E57255 #55E572 #7255E5

tetradic

#E57255 #80E555 #55C8E5 #BA55E5

square

#E57255 #80E555 #55C8E5 #BA55E5

split-complementary

#E57255 #55E5BA #5580E5

monochromatic

#A63619 #DB4722 #E57255 #ED9E8A #F5CABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#E57255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#E57255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E57255

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E57255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E57255	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e57255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.150 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39d85',
    500: '#e57255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e57255;
$custom-light: #f39d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e57255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68058,
    "c": 0.14964,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E57255

secondary

#B0DBE6

accent

#AED610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E57255

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

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