#E85953#E85953

#E85953 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.179 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85953
RGB	rgb(232, 89, 83)
HSL	hsl(2, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, 54.99, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 64.04, 30.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% 0.161 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.179 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4162, 24.9303, 10.9710)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85953 #53E2E8

analogous

#E85398 #E85953 #E8A453

triadic

#E85953 #53E859 #5953E8

tetradic

#E85953 #98E853 #53E2E8 #A453E8

square

#E85953 #98E853 #53E2E8 #A453E8

split-complementary

#E85953 #53E8A4 #5398E8

monochromatic

#AA1D17 #E0261E #E85953 #EF8D89 #F6C1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E85953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#E85953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85953

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85953	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2944F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 89, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.179 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68e83',
    500: '#e85953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85953;
$custom-light: #f68e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.416,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65047,
    "c": 0.17874,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85953

secondary

#B0E5E7

accent

#D0D90D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85953

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

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