#E85553#E85553

#E85553 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.183 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85553
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 56.70, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 65.12, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% 0.1664 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.183 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0923, 24.2826, 10.8631)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85553 #53E6E8

analogous

#E8539C #E85553 #E89F53

triadic

#E85553 #53E855 #5553E8

tetradic

#E85553 #9CE853 #53E6E8 #9F53E8

square

#E85553 #9CE853 #53E6E8 #9F53E8

split-complementary

#E85553 #53E89F #539CE8

monochromatic

#AA1917 #E0211E #E85553 #EF8A89 #F6C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E85553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E85553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85553

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85553	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1934F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.183 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78c83',
    500: '#e85553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85553;
$custom-light: #f78c83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.805,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64568,
    "c": 0.18287,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85553

secondary

#B0E6E7

accent

#D6D90D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85553

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

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