#E87255#E87255

#E87255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.153 H 35.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E87255
RGB	rgb(232, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(12, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(12, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.9%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 43.44, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 57.23, 40.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.1254 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.153 35)
XYZ	xyz(40.9393, 29.8512, 12.1985)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E87255 #55CBE8

analogous

#E85581 #E87255 #E8BC55

triadic

#E87255 #55E872 #7255E8

tetradic

#E87255 #81E855 #55CBE8 #BC55E8

square

#E87255 #81E855 #55CBE8 #BC55E8

split-complementary

#E87255 #55E8BC #5581E8

monochromatic

#AB3417 #E1451F #E87255 #EF9F8B #F7CBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#E87255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#E87255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E87255

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E87255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E87255	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD5C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e87255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.153 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f59d85',
    500: '#e87255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e87255;
$custom-light: #f59d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e87255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.837,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68475,
    "c": 0.15299,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.29846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E87255

secondary

#B1DDE7

accent

#B0D80D

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E87255

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

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