#E65C61#E65C61
#E65C61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.172 H 21.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E65C61 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 92, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60%, 57.8%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.41, 53.92, 25.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.41, 59.53, 25.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.36% 0.1603 0.0616) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.36% 0.172 21) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.6214, 25.3453, 14.1653) |
| Luminance | 0.2534 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.20
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.12
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.72
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.98
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.17
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E65C61 #5CE6E1
analogous
#E65CA6 #E65C61 #E69C5C
triadic
#E65C61 #61E65C #5C61E6
tetradic
#E65C61 #A6E65C #5CE6E1 #9C5CE6
square
#E65C61 #A6E65C #5CE6E1 #9C5CE6
split-complementary
#E65C61 #5CE69C #5CA6E6
monochromatic
#AD1B20 #DE272E #E65C61 #EE9194 #F6C6C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.46
#E65C61 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.07
#E65C61 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E65C61
6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E65C61 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E65C61 | 1.00 | 3.46 | 6.07 | 6.07 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.46 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.07 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E7860
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1955E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB425F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e65c61; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 92, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.172 21.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4908d',
500: '#e65c61',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e65c61; $custom-light: #f4908d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e65c61",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 92,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 357.826,
"s": 73.404,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65363,
"c": 0.17171,
"h": 21
},
"luminance": 0.2534
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E65C61
secondary
#B6E8E6
accent
#D6CE10
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D