#E85561#E85561

#E85561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.182 H 19.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85561
RGB	rgb(232, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(355, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(355, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 57.60, 24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 62.49, 22.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.1717 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.182 19)
XYZ	xyz(38.6885, 24.5210, 14.0027)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85561 #55E8DC

analogous

#E855AB #E85561 #E89355

triadic

#E85561 #61E855 #5561E8

tetradic

#E85561 #ABE855 #55E8DC #9355E8

square

#E85561 #ABE855 #55E8DC #9355E8

split-complementary

#E85561 #55E893 #55ABE8

monochromatic

#AB1723 #E11F2F #E85561 #EF8B93 #F7C1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E85561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#E85561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85561

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85561	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD385A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.182 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68c8d',
    500: '#e85561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85561;
$custom-light: #f68c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.102,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64821,
    "c": 0.18165,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.24516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85561

secondary

#B1E7E3

accent

#D8C80D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85561

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

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