#E8555D#E8555D

#E8555D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.182 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8555D
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 93)
HSL	hsl(357, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, 57.33, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 63.14, 24.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.1702 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.182 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5066, 24.4483, 13.0451)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8555D #55E8E0

analogous

#E855A6 #E8555D #E89755

triadic

#E8555D #5DE855 #555DE8

tetradic

#E8555D #A6E855 #55E8E0 #9755E8

square

#E8555D #A6E855 #55E8E0 #9755E8

split-complementary

#E8555D #55E897 #55A6E8

monochromatic

#AB171F #E11F2A #E8555D #EF8B90 #F7C1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#E8555D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E8555D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8555D

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8555D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8555D	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A745C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD3659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8555d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.182 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68c8a',
    500: '#e8555d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8555d;
$custom-light: #f68c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8555d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.735,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64744,
    "c": 0.18187,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8555D

secondary

#B1E7E4

accent

#D8CD0D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8555D

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

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