#E85B59#E85B59

#E85B59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.176 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85B59
RGB	rgb(232, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(1, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 54.49, 29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 62.16, 28.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.1605 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.176 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8266, 25.3644, 12.3005)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85B59 #59E6E8

analogous

#E8599E #E85B59 #E8A259

triadic

#E85B59 #59E85B #5B59E8

tetradic

#E85B59 #9EE859 #59E6E8 #A259E8

square

#E85B59 #9EE859 #59E6E8 #A259E8

split-complementary

#E85B59 #59E8A2 #599EE8

monochromatic

#AE1A18 #E12623 #E85B59 #EF908F #F7C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#E85B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#E85B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85B59

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85B59	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.176 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68f88',
    500: '#e85b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85b59;
$custom-light: #f68f88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.839,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65394,
    "c": 0.17581,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85B59

secondary

#B5E7E8

accent

#D5D80E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85B59

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

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