#E85853#E85853

#E85853 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.180 H 25.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85853
RGB	rgb(232, 88, 83)
HSL	hsl(2, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 55.43, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 64.31, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% 0.1624 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.18 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3335, 24.7650, 10.9435)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85853 #53E3E8

analogous

#E85399 #E85853 #E8A253

triadic

#E85853 #53E858 #5853E8

tetradic

#E85853 #99E853 #53E3E8 #A253E8

square

#E85853 #99E853 #53E3E8 #A253E8

split-complementary

#E85853 #53E8A2 #5399E8

monochromatic

#AA1C17 #E0241E #E85853 #EF8C89 #F6C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#E85853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#E85853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85853

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85853	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)

#7E7551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 88, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.180 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78d83',
    500: '#e85853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85853;
$custom-light: #f78d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.013,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64925,
    "c": 0.17977,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85853

secondary

#B0E5E7

accent

#D2D90D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85853

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

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