#E85E59#E85E59

#E85E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.173 H 25.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E59
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(2, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 53.16, 30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 61.32, 29.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.1564 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.173 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0882, 25.8876, 12.3877)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E59 #59E3E8

analogous

#E8599B #E85E59 #E8A559

triadic

#E85E59 #59E85E #5E59E8

tetradic

#E85E59 #9BE859 #59E3E8 #A559E8

square

#E85E59 #9BE859 #59E3E8 #A559E8

split-complementary

#E85E59 #59E8A5 #599BE8

monochromatic

#AE1D18 #E12A23 #E85E59 #EF928F #F7C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E85E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#E85E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E59

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E59	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.173 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69188',
    500: '#e85e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e59;
$custom-light: #f69188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.098,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65772,
    "c": 0.17261,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E59

secondary

#B5E6E8

accent

#D1D80E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E59

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

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