#E85957#E85957

#E85957 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.178 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85957
RGB	rgb(232, 89, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 55.24, 30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 63.15, 28.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% 0.1625 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.178 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5751, 24.9938, 11.8080)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85957 #57E6E8

analogous

#E8579D #E85957 #E8A257

triadic

#E85957 #57E859 #5957E8

tetradic

#E85957 #9DE857 #57E6E8 #A257E8

square

#E85957 #9DE857 #57E6E8 #A257E8

split-complementary

#E85957 #57E8A2 #579DE8

monochromatic

#AD1A18 #E12421 #E85957 #EF8E8D #F7C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E85957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#E85957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85957

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85957	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 89, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.178 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68e86',
    500: '#e85957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85957;
$custom-light: #f68e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.828,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65114,
    "c": 0.17819,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85957

secondary

#B3E7E8

accent

#D5D80D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85957

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

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