#E65E55#E65E55

#E65E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.171 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65E55
RGB	rgb(230, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, 52.22, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 61.39, 31.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.1529 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.171 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2792, 25.4893, 11.4968)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65E55 #55DDE6

analogous

#E65595 #E65E55 #E6A755

triadic

#E65E55 #55E65E #5E55E6

tetradic

#E65E55 #95E655 #55DDE6 #A755E6

square

#E65E55 #95E655 #55DDE6 #A755E6

split-complementary

#E65E55 #55E6A7 #5595E6

monochromatic

#A82219 #DD2C21 #E65E55 #EE918A #F6C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E65E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#E65E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65E55

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65E55	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.171 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f59185',
    500: '#e65e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65e55;
$custom-light: #f59185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.724,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65403,
    "c": 0.17104,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65E55

secondary

#B1E3E6

accent

#CAD60F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65E55

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

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