#E85E51#E85E51

#E85E51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.174 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E51
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 52.67, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 63.20, 33.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% 0.1534 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.174 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7704, 25.7604, 10.7137)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E51 #51DBE8

analogous

#E85190 #E85E51 #E8AA51

triadic

#E85E51 #51E85E #5E51E8

tetradic

#E85E51 #90E851 #51DBE8 #AA51E8

square

#E85E51 #90E851 #51DBE8 #AA51E8

split-complementary

#E85E51 #51E8AA #5190E8

monochromatic

#A82316 #DE2E1D #E85E51 #EF9087 #F6C2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E85E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#E85E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E51

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E51	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82784F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.174 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69182',
    500: '#e85e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e51;
$custom-light: #f69182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.166,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65641,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E51

secondary

#AEE2E7

accent

#C7D90D

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF1EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E51

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

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