#E85B5E#E85B5E
#E85B5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.175 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85B5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 91, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 59.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.51, 54.82, 27.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.51, 61.18, 26.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.48% 0.1624 0.0658) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.48% 0.175 22.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.0438, 25.4512, 13.4441) |
| Luminance | 0.2545 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.96
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 3.85
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.53
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.56
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.74
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85B5E #5BE8E5
analogous
#E85BA5 #E85B5E #E89E5B
triadic
#E85B5E #5EE85B #5B5EE8
tetradic
#E85B5E #A5E85B #5BE8E5 #9E5BE8
square
#E85B5E #A5E85B #5BE8E5 #9E5BE8
split-complementary
#E85B5E #5BE89E #5BA5E8
monochromatic
#B0191C #E02529 #E85B5E #F09193 #F7C6C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.45
#E85B5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.09
#E85B5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85B5E
6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85B5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85B5E | 1.00 | 3.45 | 6.09 | 6.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.45 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E775D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2955A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD405D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85b5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 91, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.175 22.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f68f8b',
500: '#e85b5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85b5e; $custom-light: #f68f8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85b5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 91,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.723,
"s": 75.401,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65484,
"c": 0.17526,
"h": 22.1
},
"luminance": 0.25446
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85B5E
secondary
#B6E9E7
accent
#D8D30E
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D