#E85E57#E85E57

#E85E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.173 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E57
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 87)
HSL	hsl(3, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 53.03, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 61.76, 30.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% 0.1556 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.173 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0054, 25.8544, 11.9514)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E57 #57E1E8

analogous

#E85798 #E85E57 #E8A757

triadic

#E85E57 #57E85E #5E57E8

tetradic

#E85E57 #98E857 #57E1E8 #A757E8

square

#E85E57 #98E857 #57E1E8 #A757E8

split-complementary

#E85E57 #57E8A7 #5798E8

monochromatic

#AD1F18 #E12A21 #E85E57 #EF928D #F7C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E85E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#E85E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E57

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E57	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#817955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.173 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69186',
    500: '#e85e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e57;
$custom-light: #f69186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.897,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65738,
    "c": 0.17291,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E57

secondary

#B3E5E8

accent

#CED80D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E57

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

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