#E85F51#E85F51

#E85F51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.173 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85F51
RGB	rgb(232, 95, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.1%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, 52.22, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 62.94, 33.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% 0.152 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.173 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8599, 25.9394, 10.7435)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85F51 #51DAE8

analogous

#E8518F #E85F51 #E8AB51

triadic

#E85F51 #51E85F #5F51E8

tetradic

#E85F51 #8FE851 #51DAE8 #AB51E8

square

#E85F51 #8FE851 #51DAE8 #AB51E8

split-complementary

#E85F51 #51E8AB #518FE8

monochromatic

#A82416 #DE2F1D #E85F51 #EF9187 #F6C2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#E85F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#E85F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85F51

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85F51	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83794F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 95, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.173 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69182',
    500: '#e85f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85f51;
$custom-light: #f69182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.563,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6577,
    "c": 0.17292,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85F51

secondary

#AEE1E7

accent

#C6D90D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85F51

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

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