#E85E45#E85E45

#E85E45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.176 H 32.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E45
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 52.04, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 66.46, 38.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.1492 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.176 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3595, 25.5961, 8.5497)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E45 #45CFE8

analogous

#E8457E #E85E45 #E8AF45

triadic

#E85E45 #45E85E #5E45E8

tetradic

#E85E45 #7EE845 #45CFE8 #AF45E8

square

#E85E45 #7EE845 #45CFE8 #AF45E8

split-complementary

#E85E45 #45E8AF #457EE8

monochromatic

#9F2914 #D5371A #E85E45 #EF8D7B #F5BCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E85E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#E85E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E45

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E45	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.176 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7907a',
    500: '#e85e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e45;
$custom-light: #f7907a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.202,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65472,
    "c": 0.17645,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E45

secondary

#A4DBE4

accent

#D7F433

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1ED

border

#D7CBC8

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E45

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

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