#E97255#E97255

#E97255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.154 H 34.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E97255
RGB	rgb(233, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(12, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, 43.82, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 57.65, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.1264 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.154 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2649, 30.0191, 12.2138)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E97255 #55CCE9

analogous

#E95582 #E97255 #E9BC55

triadic

#E97255 #55E972 #7255E9

tetradic

#E97255 #82E955 #55CCE9 #BC55E9

square

#E97255 #82E955 #55CCE9 #BC55E9

split-complementary

#E97255 #55E9BC #5582E9

monochromatic

#AD3416 #E2451F #E97255 #F09F8B #F7CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#E97255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#E97255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E97255

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E97255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E97255	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE5C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e97255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.154 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f69d85',
    500: '#e97255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e97255;
$custom-light: #f69d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e97255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.757,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68614,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E97255

secondary

#B2DDE8

accent

#B1D90C

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E97255

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

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