#E85B40#E85B40

#E85B40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.180 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85B40
RGB	rgb(232, 91, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 72.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 53.14, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 68.60, 39.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.1517 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.18 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9492, 25.0134, 7.6793)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85B40 #40CDE8

analogous

#E84079 #E85B40 #E8AF40

triadic

#E85B40 #40E85B #5B40E8

tetradic

#E85B40 #79E840 #40CDE8 #AF40E8

square

#E85B40 #79E840 #40CDE8 #AF40E8

split-complementary

#E85B40 #40E8AF #4079E8

monochromatic

#9B2913 #D23719 #E85B40 #EF8A77 #F5B9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#E85B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#E85B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85B40

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85B40	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 91, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.180 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78f76',
    500: '#e85b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85b40;
$custom-light: #f78f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.643,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65028,
    "c": 0.18042,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85B40

secondary

#A0D9E3

accent

#D6F533

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85B40

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

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