#E65A55#E65A55

#E65A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.175 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65A55
RGB	rgb(230, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 54.00, 31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 62.49, 30.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.1585 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.175 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9326, 24.7963, 11.3813)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65A55 #55E1E6

analogous

#E65599 #E65A55 #E6A355

triadic

#E65A55 #55E65A #5A55E6

tetradic

#E65A55 #99E655 #55E1E6 #A355E6

square

#E65A55 #99E655 #55E1E6 #A355E6

split-complementary

#E65A55 #55E6A3 #5599E6

monochromatic

#A81E19 #DD2721 #E65A55 #EE8E8A #F6C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E65A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E65A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65A55

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65A55	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC3D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.175 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58e85',
    500: '#e65a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65a55;
$custom-light: #f58e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.069,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64896,
    "c": 0.17525,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65A55

secondary

#B1E4E6

accent

#D0D60F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65A55

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

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