#E85B4E#E85B4E
#E85B4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.178 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85B4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 91, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(5, 77%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(5, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 66.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.26, 53.84, 35.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.26, 64.73, 33.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.22% 0.1565 0.0839) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.22% 0.178 28.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.3988, 25.1932, 10.0470) |
| Luminance | 0.2519 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.47
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.88
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.09
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.31
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.47
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 6.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85B4E #4EDBE8
analogous
#E84E8E #E85B4E #E8A84E
triadic
#E85B4E #4EE85B #5B4EE8
tetradic
#E85B4E #8EE84E #4EDBE8 #A84EE8
square
#E85B4E #8EE84E #4EDBE8 #A84EE8
split-complementary
#E85B4E #4EE8A8 #4E8EE8
monochromatic
#A62216 #DC2D1D #E85B4E #EF8D84 #F6BFBA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.48
#E85B4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.04
#E85B4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85B4E
6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85B4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85B4E | 1.00 | 3.48 | 6.04 | 6.04 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.48 | 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)
#80764C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4954A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FE3C59
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85b4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 91, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.178 28.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f78f80',
500: '#e85b4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85b4e; $custom-light: #f78f80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85b4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 91,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.065,
"s": 77,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65216,
"c": 0.17754,
"h": 28.2
},
"luminance": 0.25188
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85B4E
secondary
#ACE1E6
accent
#C8D90C
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190D0A
muted
#877E7C