#E85A55#E85A55

#E85A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.177 H 25.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85A55
RGB	rgb(232, 90, 85)
HSL	hsl(2, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 54.68, 31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 63.31, 30.27°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% 0.1604 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.177 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5783, 25.1292, 11.4115)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85A55 #55E3E8

analogous

#E85599 #E85A55 #E8A455

triadic

#E85A55 #55E85A #5A55E8

tetradic

#E85A55 #99E855 #55E3E8 #A455E8

square

#E85A55 #99E855 #55E3E8 #A455E8

split-complementary

#E85A55 #55E8A4 #5599E8

monochromatic

#AB1C17 #E1261F #E85A55 #EF8E8B #F7C3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#E85A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#E85A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85A55

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85A55	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)

#7F7653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 90, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.177 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68e85',
    500: '#e85a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85a55;
$custom-light: #f68e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.041,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65202,
    "c": 0.17741,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85A55

secondary

#B1E6E7

accent

#D1D80D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85A55

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

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