#E85E53#E85E53

#E85E53 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.174 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E53
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(4, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, 52.79, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 62.70, 32.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.1541 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.174 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8465, 25.7909, 11.1145)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E53 #53DDE8

analogous

#E85392 #E85E53 #E8A953

triadic

#E85E53 #53E85E #5E53E8

tetradic

#E85E53 #92E853 #53DDE8 #A953E8

square

#E85E53 #92E853 #53DDE8 #A953E8

split-complementary

#E85E53 #53E8A9 #5392E8

monochromatic

#AA2217 #E02C1E #E85E53 #EF9189 #F6C3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E85E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#E85E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E53

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E53	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.174 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69183',
    500: '#e85e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e53;
$custom-light: #f69183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.43,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65672,
    "c": 0.17357,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E53

secondary

#B0E3E7

accent

#CAD90D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E53

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

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