#E85256#E85256

#E85256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.186 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85256
RGB	rgb(232, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(358, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 58.13, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 65.31, 27.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.1715 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.186 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9795, 23.8675, 11.4093)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85256 #52E8E4

analogous

#E852A1 #E85256 #E89952

triadic

#E85256 #56E852 #5256E8

tetradic

#E85256 #A1E852 #52E8E4 #9952E8

square

#E85256 #A1E852 #52E8E4 #9952E8

split-complementary

#E85256 #52E899 #52A1E8

monochromatic

#A9161A #DF1E23 #E85256 #EF888B #F6BEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E85256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#E85256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85256

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85256	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)

#797255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.186 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78a85',
    500: '#e85256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85256;
$custom-light: #f78a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.4,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64272,
    "c": 0.18561,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85256

secondary

#AFE7E5

accent

#D9D30D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85256

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

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