#E85E48#E85E48

#E85E48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.176 H 31.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E48
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 72)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 52.18, 39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 65.60, 37.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.1502 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.176 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4550, 25.6343, 9.0526)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E48 #48D2E8

analogous

#E84882 #E85E48 #E8AE48

triadic

#E85E48 #48E85E #5E48E8

tetradic

#E85E48 #82E848 #48D2E8 #AE48E8

square

#E85E48 #82E848 #48D2E8 #AE48E8

split-complementary

#E85E48 #48E8AE #4882E8

monochromatic

#A12814 #D8351B #E85E48 #EF8E7E #F6BEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E85E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#E85E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E48

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E48	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.176 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7907c',
    500: '#e85e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e48;
$custom-light: #f7907c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.25,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65511,
    "c": 0.17578,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E48

secondary

#A7DCE5

accent

#DAF434

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E48

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

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