#E85A4E#E85A4E
#E85A4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.179 H 27.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85A4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 90, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 77%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 66.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.10, 54.28, 35.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.10, 64.99, 33.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.09% 0.1578 0.0835) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.09% 0.179 27.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.3139, 25.0234, 10.0187) |
| Luminance | 0.2502 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.53
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.69
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.05
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.10
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.31
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 6.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85A4E #4EDCE8
analogous
#E84E8F #E85A4E #E8A74E
triadic
#E85A4E #4EE85A #5A4EE8
tetradic
#E85A4E #8FE84E #4EDCE8 #A74EE8
square
#E85A4E #8FE84E #4EDCE8 #A74EE8
split-complementary
#E85A4E #4EE8A7 #4E8FE8
monochromatic
#A62116 #DC2C1D #E85A4E #EF8C84 #F6BFBA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.50
#E85A4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.00
#E85A4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85A4E
6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85A4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85A4E | 1.00 | 3.50 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#80764C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3954A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FE3B58
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85a4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 90, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.179 27.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f78e80',
500: '#e85a4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85a4e; $custom-light: #f78e80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85a4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 90,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 4.675,
"s": 77,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65092,
"c": 0.17854,
"h": 27.9
},
"luminance": 0.25018
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85A4E
secondary
#ACE2E6
accent
#C9D90C
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190D0A
muted
#877E7C