#E65A57#E65A57
#E65A57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.175 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E65A57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 90, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(1, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(1, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 62.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(56.91, 54.13, 30.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(56.91, 62.05, 29.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.93% 0.1593 0.0725) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.93% 0.175 24.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.0132, 24.8285, 11.8056) |
| Luminance | 0.2482 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.28
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.36
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.11
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.31
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.70
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E65A57 #57E3E6
analogous
#E6579B #E65A57 #E6A257
triadic
#E65A57 #57E65A #5A57E6
tetradic
#E65A57 #9BE657 #57E3E6 #A257E6
square
#E65A57 #9BE657 #57E3E6 #A257E6
split-complementary
#E65A57 #57E6A2 #579BE6
monochromatic
#A91C19 #DE2622 #E65A57 #EE8E8C #F6C3C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.52
#E65A57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.96
#E65A57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E65A57
5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E65A57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E65A57 | 1.00 | 3.52 | 5.96 | 5.96 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E7656
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19453
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB3D5A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e65a57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 90, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.175 24.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f58e86',
500: '#e65a57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e65a57; $custom-light: #f58e86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e65a57",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 90,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 1.259,
"s": 74.093,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6493,
"c": 0.17497,
"h": 24.5
},
"luminance": 0.24823
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E65A57
secondary
#B2E6E7
accent
#D2D60F
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C