#E85855#E85855

#E85855 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.179 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85855
RGB	rgb(232, 88, 85)
HSL	hsl(1, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 55.55, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 63.86, 29.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% 0.1631 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.18 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4119, 24.7963, 11.3560)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85855 #55E5E8

analogous

#E8559C #E85855 #E8A155

triadic

#E85855 #55E858 #5855E8

tetradic

#E85855 #9CE855 #55E5E8 #A155E8

square

#E85855 #9CE855 #55E5E8 #A155E8

split-complementary

#E85855 #55E8A1 #559CE8

monochromatic

#AB1A17 #E1231F #E85855 #EF8D8B #F7C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#E85855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#E85855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85855

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85855	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 88, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.179 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68d85',
    500: '#e85855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85855;
$custom-light: #f68d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.224,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64958,
    "c": 0.1795,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85855

secondary

#B1E6E7

accent

#D4D80D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85855

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

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