#E77255#E77255

#E77255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.152 H 35.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E77255
RGB	rgb(231, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(12, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(12, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, 43.07, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 56.81, 40.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.1243 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.152 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6155, 29.6842, 12.1833)
Luminance	0.2968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E77255 #55CAE7

analogous

#E75581 #E77255 #E7BB55

triadic

#E77255 #55E772 #7255E7

tetradic

#E77255 #81E755 #55CAE7 #BB55E7

square

#E77255 #81E755 #55CAE7 #BB55E7

split-complementary

#E77255 #55E7BB #5581E7

monochromatic

#AA3518 #DF4620 #E77255 #EF9E8B #F6CBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#E77255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#E77255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E77255

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E77255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E77255	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC5C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e77255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.152 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f59d85',
    500: '#e77255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e77255;
$custom-light: #f59d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e77255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.918,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68335,
    "c": 0.15187,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E77255

secondary

#B1DCE7

accent

#AFD70E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E77255

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

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