#E85E56#E85E56

#E85E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.173 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E56
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(3, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 52.97, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 61.99, 31.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.1552 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.173 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9648, 25.8382, 11.7377)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E56 #56E0E8

analogous

#E85697 #E85E56 #E8A756

triadic

#E85E56 #56E85E #5E56E8

tetradic

#E85E56 #97E856 #56E0E8 #A756E8

square

#E85E56 #97E856 #56E0E8 #A756E8

split-complementary

#E85E56 #56E8A7 #5697E8

monochromatic

#AC2017 #E12B20 #E85E56 #EF918C #F7C5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E85E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#E85E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E56

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E56	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.173 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69186',
    500: '#e85e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e56;
$custom-light: #f69186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.288,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65721,
    "c": 0.17306,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E56

secondary

#B2E5E8

accent

#CDD80D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E56

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

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