#E65E51#E65E51

#E65E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.172 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65E51
RGB	rgb(230, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 51.98, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 62.36, 33.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.1514 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.172 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1247, 25.4275, 10.6834)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65E51 #51D9E6

analogous

#E6518E #E65E51 #E6A851

triadic

#E65E51 #51E65E #5E51E6

tetradic

#E65E51 #8EE651 #51D9E6 #A851E6

square

#E65E51 #8EE651 #51D9E6 #A851E6

split-complementary

#E65E51 #51E6A8 #518EE6

monochromatic

#A52418 #DA301F #E65E51 #EE9087 #F5C1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E65E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#E65E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65E51

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65E51	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82784F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.172 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f59082',
    500: '#e65e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65e51;
$custom-light: #f59082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.235,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65339,
    "c": 0.17176,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65E51

secondary

#ADE1E5

accent

#C6D70E

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65E51

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

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