#E85A56#E85A56

#E85A56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.177 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85A56
RGB	rgb(232, 90, 86)
HSL	hsl(2, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 54.74, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 63.09, 29.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% 0.1608 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.177 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6183, 25.1452, 11.6222)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85A56 #56E4E8

analogous

#E8569B #E85A56 #E8A356

triadic

#E85A56 #56E85A #5A56E8

tetradic

#E85A56 #9BE856 #56E4E8 #A356E8

square

#E85A56 #9BE856 #56E4E8 #A356E8

split-complementary

#E85A56 #56E8A3 #569BE8

monochromatic

#AC1C17 #E12520 #E85A56 #EF8F8C #F7C3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E85A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#E85A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85A56

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85A56	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)

#7F7655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 90, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.177 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68e85',
    500: '#e85a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85a56;
$custom-light: #f68e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.644,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65219,
    "c": 0.17726,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85A56

secondary

#B2E6E8

accent

#D3D80D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85A56

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

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