#E85442#E85442

#E85442 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.187 H 29.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85442
RGB	rgb(232, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(7, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 71.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 56.24, 41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 69.64, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.1617 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.187 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4364, 23.8951, 7.7941)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85442 #42D6E8

analogous

#E84283 #E85442 #E8A742

triadic

#E85442 #42E854 #5442E8

tetradic

#E85442 #83E842 #42D6E8 #A742E8

square

#E85442 #83E842 #42D6E8 #A742E8

split-complementary

#E85442 #42E8A7 #4283E8

monochromatic

#9D2213 #D32E1A #E85442 #EF8579 #F5B7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E85442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#E85442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85442

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85442	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2E51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.187 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f88b77',
    500: '#e85442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85442;
$custom-light: #f88b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.506,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64203,
    "c": 0.1866,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85442

secondary

#A2DDE4

accent

#E0F533

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190C09

muted

#867D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85442

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

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