#E85A65#E85A65

#E85A65 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.176 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85A65
RGB	rgb(232, 90, 101)
HSL	hsl(355, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(355, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 55.75, 23.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 60.33, 22.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% 0.1665 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.176 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2873, 25.4128, 15.1457)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85A65 #5AE8DD

analogous

#E85AAC #E85A65 #E8965A

triadic

#E85A65 #65E85A #5A65E8

tetradic

#E85A65 #ACE85A #5AE8DD #965AE8

square

#E85A65 #ACE85A #5AE8DD #965AE8

split-complementary

#E85A65 #5AE896 #5AACE8

monochromatic

#AF1824 #E12433 #E85A65 #EF9097 #F7C5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#E85A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#E85A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85A65

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85A65	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 90, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.176 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68f90',
    500: '#e85a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85a65;
$custom-light: #f68f90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.352,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65497,
    "c": 0.17591,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85A65

secondary

#B5E8E4

accent

#D8C80E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85A65

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

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