#E85851#E85851

#E85851 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.180 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85851
RGB	rgb(232, 88, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, 55.31, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 64.77, 31.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% 0.1617 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.18 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2574, 24.7345, 10.5427)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85851 #51E1E8

analogous

#E85196 #E85851 #E8A351

triadic

#E85851 #51E858 #5851E8

tetradic

#E85851 #96E851 #51E1E8 #A351E8

square

#E85851 #96E851 #51E1E8 #A351E8

split-complementary

#E85851 #51E8A3 #5196E8

monochromatic

#A81D16 #DE261D #E85851 #EF8C87 #F6C0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E85851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E85851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85851

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85851	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E754F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 88, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.180 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78d82',
    500: '#e85851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85851;
$custom-light: #f78d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.781,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64893,
    "c": 0.18008,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85851

secondary

#AEE4E7

accent

#CFD90D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85851

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

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