#E85051#E85051

#E85051 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.188 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85051
RGB	rgb(232, 80, 81)
HSL	hsl(360, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(360, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 58.65, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 66.89, 28.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% 0.1722 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.188 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6364, 23.4925, 10.3357)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85051 #50E8E7

analogous

#E8509D #E85051 #E89B50

triadic

#E85051 #51E850 #5051E8

tetradic

#E85051 #9DE850 #50E8E7 #9B50E8

square

#E85051 #9DE850 #50E8E7 #9B50E8

split-complementary

#E85051 #50E89B #509DE8

monochromatic

#A81617 #DE1D1E #E85051 #EF8687 #F6BCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E85051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#E85051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85051

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85051	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 80, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.188 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78982',
    500: '#e85051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85051;
$custom-light: #f78982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.605,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63963,
    "c": 0.18817,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85051

secondary

#ADE6E6

accent

#D9D80D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85051

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

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