#E85950#E85950

#E85950 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.179 H 26.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85950
RGB	rgb(232, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(4, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.96, 54.82, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.96, 64.75, 32.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.1599 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.179 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3029, 24.8850, 10.3742)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85950 #50DFE8

analogous

#E85093 #E85950 #E8A550

triadic

#E85950 #50E859 #5950E8

tetradic

#E85950 #93E850 #50DFE8 #A550E8

square

#E85950 #93E850 #50DFE8 #A550E8

split-complementary

#E85950 #50E8A5 #5093E8

monochromatic

#A81F16 #DE291D #E85950 #EF8C86 #F6C0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E85950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E85950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85950

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85950	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F754E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3944C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.179 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78e81',
    500: '#e85950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85950;
$custom-light: #f78e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.553,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64999,
    "c": 0.17921,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85950

secondary

#ADE3E6

accent

#CDD90D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85950

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

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