#E85A5D#E85A5D
#E85A5D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.176 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85A5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 90, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 59.9%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.33, 55.19, 27.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.33, 61.66, 26.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.34% 0.1634 0.0665) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.34% 0.176 22.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.9143, 25.2636, 13.1810) |
| Luminance | 0.2526 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.83
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.78
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.51
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.57
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.66
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85A5D #5AE8E5
analogous
#E85AA4 #E85A5D #E89E5A
triadic
#E85A5D #5DE85A #5A5DE8
tetradic
#E85A5D #A4E85A #5AE8E5 #9E5AE8
square
#E85A5D #A4E85A #5AE8E5 #9E5AE8
split-complementary
#E85A5D #5AE89E #5AA4E8
monochromatic
#AF181C #E12428 #E85A5D #EF9092 #F7C5C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.47
#E85A5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.05
#E85A5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85A5D
6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85A5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85A5D | 1.00 | 3.47 | 6.05 | 6.05 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E775C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29559
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD3E5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85a5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 90, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.176 22.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f68f8b',
500: '#e85a5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85a5d; $custom-light: #f68f8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85a5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 90,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.732,
"s": 75.532,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65343,
"c": 0.17645,
"h": 22.1
},
"luminance": 0.25258
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85A5D
secondary
#B5E8E7
accent
#D8D30E
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D