#E65C59#E65C59

#E65C59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.173 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65C59
RGB	rgb(230, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 53.37, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 61.06, 29.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.1572 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.173 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2670, 25.2036, 12.2989)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65C59 #59E3E6

analogous

#E6599C #E65C59 #E6A359

triadic

#E65C59 #59E65C #5C59E6

tetradic

#E65C59 #9CE659 #59E3E6 #A359E6

square

#E65C59 #9CE659 #59E3E6 #A359E6

split-complementary

#E65C59 #59E6A3 #599CE6

monochromatic

#AB1D1A #DE2824 #E65C59 #EE908E #F6C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E65C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#E65C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65C59

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65C59	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.173 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58f88',
    500: '#e65c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65c59;
$custom-light: #f58f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.277,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65215,
    "c": 0.17257,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65C59

secondary

#B4E6E7

accent

#D2D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65C59

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

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