#E85A5B#E85A5B
#E85A5B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.177 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85A5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 90, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(360, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(360, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 60.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.30, 55.06, 28.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.30, 62.04, 27.45°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.31% 0.1627 0.0689) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.31% 0.177 22.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.8269, 25.2286, 12.7205) |
| Luminance | 0.2522 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.64
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.95
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.18
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.21
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.46
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85A5B #5AE8E7
analogous
#E85AA2 #E85A5B #E8A05A
triadic
#E85A5B #5BE85A #5A5BE8
tetradic
#E85A5B #A2E85A #5AE8E7 #A05AE8
square
#E85A5B #A2E85A #5AE8E7 #A05AE8
split-complementary
#E85A5B #5AE8A0 #5AA2E8
monochromatic
#AF1819 #E12426 #E85A5B #EF9090 #F7C5C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.47
#E85A5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.04
#E85A5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85A5B
6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85A5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85A5B | 1.00 | 3.47 | 6.04 | 6.04 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E775A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29557
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD3D5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85a5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 90, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.177 22.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f68e89',
500: '#e85a5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85a5b; $custom-light: #f68e89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85a5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 90,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 359.577,
"s": 75.532,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65306,
"c": 0.17665,
"h": 22.9
},
"luminance": 0.25223
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85A5B
secondary
#B5E8E8
accent
#D8D60E
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C