#E85A53#E85A53

#E85A53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.178 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85A53
RGB	rgb(232, 90, 83)
HSL	hsl(3, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 54.56, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 63.77, 31.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.1597 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.178 26)
XYZ	xyz(38.5000, 25.0978, 10.9990)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85A53 #53E1E8

analogous

#E85397 #E85A53 #E8A553

triadic

#E85A53 #53E85A #5A53E8

tetradic

#E85A53 #97E853 #53E1E8 #A553E8

square

#E85A53 #97E853 #53E1E8 #A553E8

split-complementary

#E85A53 #53E8A5 #5397E8

monochromatic

#AA1E17 #E0271E #E85A53 #EF8E89 #F6C2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E85A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#E85A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85A53

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85A53	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3954F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 90, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.178 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68e83',
    500: '#e85a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85a53;
$custom-light: #f68e83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.819,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6517,
    "c": 0.17771,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.25093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85A53

secondary

#B0E4E7

accent

#CFD90D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85A53

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

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