#E85255#E85255

#E85255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.186 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85255
RGB	rgb(232, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(359, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 58.07, 30.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 65.51, 27.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.1711 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.186 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9395, 23.8515, 11.1986)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85255 #52E8E5

analogous

#E852A0 #E85255 #E89A52

triadic

#E85255 #55E852 #5255E8

tetradic

#E85255 #A0E852 #52E8E5 #9A52E8

square

#E85255 #A0E852 #52E8E5 #9A52E8

split-complementary

#E85255 #52E89A #52A0E8

monochromatic

#A91619 #DF1E22 #E85255 #EF888A #F6BEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E85255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#E85255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85255

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85255	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE2F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.186 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78a85',
    500: '#e85255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85255;
$custom-light: #f78a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.8,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64255,
    "c": 0.18571,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85255

secondary

#AFE7E6

accent

#D9D50D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85255

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

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