#E85E55#E85E55

#E85E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.173 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E55
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 52.91, 32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 62.22, 31.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% 0.1548 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.173 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9248, 25.8222, 11.5270)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E55 #55DFE8

analogous

#E85596 #E85E55 #E8A755

triadic

#E85E55 #55E85E #5E55E8

tetradic

#E85E55 #96E855 #55DFE8 #A755E8

square

#E85E55 #96E855 #55DFE8 #A755E8

split-complementary

#E85E55 #55E8A7 #5596E8

monochromatic

#AB2017 #E12B1F #E85E55 #EF918B #F7C4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E85E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#E85E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E55

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E55	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)

#827853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.173 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69185',
    500: '#e85e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e55;
$custom-light: #f69185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.673,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65704,
    "c": 0.17323,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E55

secondary

#B1E4E7

accent

#CCD80D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E55

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

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