#E85552#E85552

#E85552 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.183 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85552
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(1, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 56.64, 32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 65.34, 29.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.1661 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.183 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0540, 24.2672, 10.6612)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85552 #52E5E8

analogous

#E8529A #E85552 #E8A052

triadic

#E85552 #52E855 #5552E8

tetradic

#E85552 #9AE852 #52E5E8 #A052E8

square

#E85552 #9AE852 #52E5E8 #A052E8

split-complementary

#E85552 #52E8A0 #529AE8

monochromatic

#A91916 #DF221E #E85552 #EF8A88 #F6BFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E85552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E85552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85552

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85552	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)

#7C7351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.183 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78c82',
    500: '#e85552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85552;
$custom-light: #f78c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.2,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64552,
    "c": 0.183,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85552

secondary

#AFE6E7

accent

#D5D90D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85552

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

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