#E85555#E85555

#E85555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.183 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85555
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 56.82, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 64.68, 28.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.1672 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.183 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1707, 24.3139, 11.2756)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85555 #55E8E8

analogous

#E8559F #E85555 #E89F55

triadic

#E85555 #55E855 #5555E8

tetradic

#E85555 #9FE855 #55E8E8 #9F55E8

square

#E85555 #9FE855 #55E8E8 #9F55E8

split-complementary

#E85555 #55E89F #559FE8

monochromatic

#AB1717 #E11F1F #E85555 #EF8B8B #F7C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E85555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E85555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85555

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85555	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#7C7354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.183 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78c85',
    500: '#e85555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85555;
$custom-light: #f78c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64601,
    "c": 0.18261,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85555

secondary

#B1E7E7

accent

#D8D80D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190C0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85555

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

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