#E85E49#E85E49

#E85E49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.176 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E49
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 52.24, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 65.32, 36.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.1505 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.176 31)
XYZ	xyz(38.4879, 25.6474, 9.2258)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E49 #49D3E8

analogous

#E84983 #E85E49 #E8AE49

triadic

#E85E49 #49E85E #5E49E8

tetradic

#E85E49 #83E849 #49D3E8 #AE49E8

square

#E85E49 #83E849 #49D3E8 #AE49E8

split-complementary

#E85E49 #49E8AE #4983E8

monochromatic

#A22714 #D8341B #E85E49 #EF8E7F #F6BEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E85E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#E85E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E49

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E49	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)

#837846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE405A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.176 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7917c',
    500: '#e85e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e49;
$custom-light: #f7917c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.925,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65525,
    "c": 0.17556,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.25642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E49

secondary

#A8DDE5

accent

#DBF434

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E49

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

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