#E85955#E85955

#E85955 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.178 H 25.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85955
RGB	rgb(232, 89, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 55.11, 31.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 63.59, 29.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% 0.1618 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.178 25)
XYZ	xyz(38.4945, 24.9616, 11.3836)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85955 #55E4E8

analogous

#E8559A #E85955 #E8A355

triadic

#E85955 #55E859 #5955E8

tetradic

#E85955 #9AE855 #55E4E8 #A355E8

square

#E85955 #9AE855 #55E4E8 #A355E8

split-complementary

#E85955 #55E8A3 #559AE8

monochromatic

#AB1B17 #E1241F #E85955 #EF8E8B #F7C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E85955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#E85955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85955

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85955	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)

#7E7654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 89, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.178 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68e85',
    500: '#e85955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85955;
$custom-light: #f68e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.633,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6508,
    "c": 0.17845,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.24956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85955

secondary

#B1E6E7

accent

#D3D80D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85955

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

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