#E85961#E85961

#E85961 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.177 H 20.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85961
RGB	rgb(232, 89, 97)
HSL	hsl(357, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 55.90, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 61.26, 24.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.1663 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.177 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0123, 25.1687, 14.1107)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85961 #59E8E0

analogous

#E859A9 #E85961 #E89859

triadic

#E85961 #61E859 #5961E8

tetradic

#E85961 #A9E859 #59E8E0 #9859E8

square

#E85961 #A9E859 #59E8E0 #9859E8

split-complementary

#E85961 #59E898 #59A9E8

monochromatic

#AE1821 #E1232E #E85961 #EF8F94 #F7C5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E85961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#E85961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85961

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85961	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1955D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD3D5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 89, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.177 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68e8d',
    500: '#e85961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85961;
$custom-light: #f68e8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.643,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65296,
    "c": 0.17723,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85961

secondary

#B5E8E5

accent

#D8CD0E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85961

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

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