#E85A57#E85A57

#E85A57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.177 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85A57
RGB	rgb(232, 90, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 54.80, 30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 62.87, 29.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.1612 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.177 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6589, 25.1614, 11.8359)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85A57 #57E5E8

analogous

#E8579D #E85A57 #E8A257

triadic

#E85A57 #57E85A #5A57E8

tetradic

#E85A57 #9DE857 #57E5E8 #A257E8

square

#E85A57 #9DE857 #57E5E8 #A257E8

split-complementary

#E85A57 #57E8A2 #579DE8

monochromatic

#AD1B18 #E12521 #E85A57 #EF8F8D #F7C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E85A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#E85A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85A57

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85A57	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)

#7F7656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 90, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.177 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68e86',
    500: '#e85a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85a57;
$custom-light: #f68e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.241,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65236,
    "c": 0.17713,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85A57

secondary

#B3E7E8

accent

#D4D80D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85A57

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

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