#E85A5E#E85A5E
#E85A5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.176 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85A5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 90, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 59.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.35, 55.26, 26.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.35, 61.48, 25.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.36% 0.1638 0.0653) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.36% 0.176 21.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.9589, 25.2814, 13.4158) |
| Luminance | 0.2528 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.96
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.73
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.70
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.71
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.77
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85A5E #5AE8E4
analogous
#E85AA5 #E85A5E #E89D5A
triadic
#E85A5E #5EE85A #5A5EE8
tetradic
#E85A5E #A5E85A #5AE8E4 #9D5AE8
square
#E85A5E #A5E85A #5AE8E4 #9D5AE8
split-complementary
#E85A5E #5AE89D #5AA5E8
monochromatic
#AF181D #E1242A #E85A5E #EF9092 #F7C5C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.47
#E85A5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.06
#E85A5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85A5E
6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85A5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85A5E | 1.00 | 3.47 | 6.06 | 6.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E775D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2955A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD3E5D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85a5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 90, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.176 21.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f68f8b',
500: '#e85a5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85a5e; $custom-light: #f68f8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85a5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 90,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.31,
"s": 75.532,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65361,
"c": 0.17635,
"h": 21.7
},
"luminance": 0.25276
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85A5E
secondary
#B5E8E7
accent
#D8D20E
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D