#E85E61#E85E61

#E85E61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.172 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E61
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 97)
HSL	hsl(359, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 53.70, 26.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 59.73, 25.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.1594 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.172 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4426, 26.0293, 14.2541)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E61 #5EE8E5

analogous

#E85EA6 #E85E61 #E8A05E

triadic

#E85E61 #61E85E #5E61E8

tetradic

#E85E61 #A6E85E #5EE8E5 #A05EE8

square

#E85E61 #A6E85E #5EE8E5 #A05EE8

split-complementary

#E85E61 #5EE8A0 #5EA6E8

monochromatic

#B2191D #E0282C #E85E61 #F09496 #F7C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#E85E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#E85E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E61

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E61	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3965E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.172 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6918e',
    500: '#e85e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e61;
$custom-light: #f6918e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65917,
    "c": 0.17165,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E61

secondary

#B9E9E8

accent

#D7D30E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E61

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

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