#E85550#E85550

#E85550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.183 H 25.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85550
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 56.53, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 65.80, 30.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% 0.1653 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.183 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9790, 24.2372, 10.2662)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85550 #50E3E8

analogous

#E85097 #E85550 #E8A150

triadic

#E85550 #50E855 #5550E8

tetradic

#E85550 #97E850 #50E3E8 #A150E8

square

#E85550 #97E850 #50E3E8 #A150E8

split-complementary

#E85550 #50E8A1 #5097E8

monochromatic

#A81B16 #DE231D #E85550 #EF8A86 #F6BEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E85550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E85550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85550

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85550	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C734E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.183 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78b81',
    500: '#e85550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85550;
$custom-light: #f78b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.974,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6452,
    "c": 0.18327,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85550

secondary

#ADE5E6

accent

#D2D90D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85550

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

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