#E85159#E85159

#E85159 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.186 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85159
RGB	rgb(232, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 58.72, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 65.01, 25.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% 0.1739 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.186 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0280, 23.7672, 12.0343)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85159 #51E8E0

analogous

#E851A5 #E85159 #E89551

triadic

#E85159 #59E851 #5159E8

tetradic

#E85159 #A5E851 #51E8E0 #9551E8

square

#E85159 #A5E851 #51E8E0 #9551E8

split-complementary

#E85159 #51E895 #51A5E8

monochromatic

#A8161E #DE1D28 #E85159 #EF878D #F6BDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E85159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E85159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85159

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85159	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.186 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68987',
    500: '#e85159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85159;
$custom-light: #f68987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.821,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64213,
    "c": 0.18639,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85159

secondary

#AEE7E4

accent

#D9CE0D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85159

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

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