#E85557#E85557

#E85557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.182 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85557
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 56.94, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 64.27, 27.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.1679 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.182 23)
XYZ	xyz(38.2512, 24.3461, 11.7000)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85557 #55E8E6

analogous

#E855A0 #E85557 #E89D55

triadic

#E85557 #57E855 #5557E8

tetradic

#E85557 #A0E855 #55E8E6 #9D55E8

square

#E85557 #A0E855 #55E8E6 #9D55E8

split-complementary

#E85557 #55E89D #55A0E8

monochromatic

#AB1719 #E11F22 #E85557 #EF8B8C #F7C1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E85557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#E85557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85557

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85557	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)

#7B7456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.182 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68c86',
    500: '#e85557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85557;
$custom-light: #f68c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.184,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64636,
    "c": 0.18239,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.24341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85557

secondary

#B1E7E7

accent

#D8D60D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85557

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

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