#E85551#E85551

#E85551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.183 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85551
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 56.59, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 65.57, 30.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% 0.1657 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.183 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0162, 24.2521, 10.4623)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E85551 #51E4E8

analogous

#E85199 #E85551 #E8A151

triadic

#E85551 #51E855 #5551E8

tetradic

#E85551 #99E851 #51E4E8 #A151E8

square

#E85551 #99E851 #51E4E8 #A151E8

split-complementary

#E85551 #51E8A1 #5199E8

monochromatic

#A81A16 #DE231D #E85551 #EF8A87 #F6BFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E85551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E85551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85551

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85551	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)

#7C734F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.183 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78c82',
    500: '#e85551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85551;
$custom-light: #f78c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.589,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64535,
    "c": 0.18313,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85551

secondary

#AEE5E7

accent

#D3D90D

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85551

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

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