#E85B5B#E85B5B
#E85B5B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.176 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85B5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 91, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 60.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.46, 54.62, 28.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.46, 61.75, 27.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.43% 0.1613 0.0694) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.43% 0.176 23.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.9118, 25.3984, 12.7488) |
| Luminance | 0.2539 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.70
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.03
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.11
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.21
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.43
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85B5B #5BE8E8
analogous
#E85BA1 #E85B5B #E8A15B
triadic
#E85B5B #5BE85B #5B5BE8
tetradic
#E85B5B #A1E85B #5BE8E8 #A15BE8
square
#E85B5B #A1E85B #5BE8E8 #A15BE8
split-complementary
#E85B5B #5BE8A1 #5BA1E8
monochromatic
#B01919 #E02525 #E85B5B #F09191 #F7C6C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.45
#E85B5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.08
#E85B5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85B5B
6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85B5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85B5B | 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)
#7F775A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29557
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD3F5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85b5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 91, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.176 23.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f68f89',
500: '#e85b5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85b5b; $custom-light: #f68f89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85b5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 91,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0,
"s": 75.401,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65429,
"c": 0.17557,
"h": 23.3
},
"luminance": 0.25393
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85B5B
secondary
#B6E9E9
accent
#D8D80E
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C