#E85656#E85656

#E85656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.181 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85656
RGB	rgb(232, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 56.46, 30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 64.20, 28.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.1662 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.181 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2900, 24.4885, 11.5128)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85656 #56E8E8

analogous

#E8569F #E85656 #E89F56

triadic

#E85656 #56E856 #5656E8

tetradic

#E85656 #9FE856 #56E8E8 #9F56E8

square

#E85656 #9FE856 #56E8E8 #9F56E8

split-complementary

#E85656 #56E89F #569FE8

monochromatic

#AC1717 #E12020 #E85656 #EF8C8C #F7C2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#E85656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#E85656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85656

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85656	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)

#7C7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.181 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68c85',
    500: '#e85656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85656;
$custom-light: #f68c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64736,
    "c": 0.18146,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85656

secondary

#B2E8E8

accent

#D8D80D

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85656

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

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