#E85C40#E85C40

#E85C40 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.179 H 33.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85C40
RGB	rgb(232, 92, 64)
HSL	hsl(10, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(10, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 72.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 52.70, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 68.38, 39.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% 0.1503 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.179 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0352, 25.1855, 7.7079)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85C40 #40CCE8

analogous

#E84078 #E85C40 #E8B040

triadic

#E85C40 #40E85C #5C40E8

tetradic

#E85C40 #78E840 #40CCE8 #B040E8

square

#E85C40 #78E840 #40CCE8 #B040E8

split-complementary

#E85C40 #40E8B0 #4078E8

monochromatic

#9B2913 #D23819 #E85C40 #EF8B77 #F5B9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#E85C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#E85C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85C40

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85C40	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 92, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.179 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f78f76',
    500: '#e85c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85c40;
$custom-light: #f78f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65155,
    "c": 0.17948,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85C40

secondary

#A0D8E3

accent

#D5F533

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D08

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85C40

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

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