#E8555E#E8555E

#E8555E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.182 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8555E
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 57.39, 25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 62.97, 24.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% 0.1706 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.182 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5512, 24.4661, 13.2799)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8555E #55E8DF

analogous

#E855A7 #E8555E #E89655

triadic

#E8555E #5EE855 #555EE8

tetradic

#E8555E #A7E855 #55E8DF #9655E8

square

#E8555E #A7E855 #55E8DF #9655E8

split-complementary

#E8555E #55E896 #55A7E8

monochromatic

#AB1720 #E11F2B #E8555E #EF8B91 #F7C1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E8555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#E8555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E8555E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8555E	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	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)

#7A745D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD3759

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.182 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68c8b',
    500: '#e8555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8555e;
$custom-light: #f68c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.327,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64763,
    "c": 0.1818,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8555E

secondary

#B1E7E4

accent

#D8CC0D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8555E

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

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