#E85556#E85556

#E85556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.182 H 23.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85556
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(360, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 56.88, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 64.47, 28.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.1675 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.183 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2107, 24.3299, 11.4863)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85556 #55E8E7

analogous

#E8559F #E85556 #E89E55

triadic

#E85556 #56E855 #5556E8

tetradic

#E85556 #9FE855 #55E8E7 #9E55E8

square

#E85556 #9FE855 #55E8E7 #9E55E8

split-complementary

#E85556 #55E89E #559FE8

monochromatic

#AB1718 #E11F20 #E85556 #EF8B8C #F7C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E85556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#E85556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85556

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85556	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.182 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68c85',
    500: '#e85556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85556;
$custom-light: #f68c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.592,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64618,
    "c": 0.1825,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85556

secondary

#B1E7E7

accent

#D8D70D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85556

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

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