#E85972#E85972

#E85972 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.177 H 12.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85972
RGB	rgb(232, 89, 114)
HSL	hsl(350, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(350, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 57.20, 15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 59.30, 15.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.1728 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.177 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8916, 25.5205, 18.7416)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85972 #59E8CF

analogous

#E859BA #E85972 #E88759

triadic

#E85972 #72E859 #5972E8

tetradic

#E85972 #BAE859 #59E8CF #8759E8

square

#E85972 #BAE859 #59E8CF #8759E8

split-complementary

#E85972 #59E887 #59BAE8

monochromatic

#AE1832 #E12344 #E85972 #EF8FA0 #F7C5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E85972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#E85972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85972

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85972	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E956F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC4263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 89, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.177 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58e9a',
    500: '#e85972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85972;
$custom-light: #f58e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.51,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65661,
    "c": 0.17729,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85972

secondary

#B5E8DF

accent

#D8B40E

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85972

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

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