#E65542#E65542

#E65542 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.184 H 30.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65542
RGB	rgb(230, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(7, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 71.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 55.15, 40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 68.58, 36.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.1585 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.184 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8689, 23.7185, 7.7899)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65542 #42D3E6

analogous

#E64281 #E65542 #E6A742

triadic

#E65542 #42E655 #5542E6

tetradic

#E65542 #81E642 #42D3E6 #A742E6

square

#E65542 #81E642 #42D3E6 #A742E6

split-complementary

#E65542 #42E6A7 #4281E6

monochromatic

#992414 #CF301B #E65542 #ED8678 #F4B6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E65542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E65542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65542

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65542	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC3151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.184 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68b77',
    500: '#e65542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65542;
$custom-light: #f68b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.951,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64006,
    "c": 0.18355,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65542

secondary

#A1DBE3

accent

#DDF335

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65542

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

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