#E65C55#E65C55

#E65C55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.173 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65C55
RGB	rgb(230, 92, 85)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 53.12, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 61.94, 30.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% 0.1557 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.173 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1036, 25.1382, 11.4382)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65C55 #55DFE6

analogous

#E65596 #E65C55 #E6A555

triadic

#E65C55 #55E65C #5C55E6

tetradic

#E65C55 #96E655 #55DFE6 #A555E6

square

#E65C55 #96E655 #55DFE6 #A555E6

split-complementary

#E65C55 #55E6A5 #5596E6

monochromatic

#A82019 #DD2A21 #E65C55 #EE8F8A #F6C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E65C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#E65C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65C55

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65C55	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB405B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 92, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.173 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58f85',
    500: '#e65c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65c55;
$custom-light: #f58f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.897,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65147,
    "c": 0.17315,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65C55

secondary

#B1E4E6

accent

#CDD60F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65C55

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

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