#E85C59#E85C59
#E85C59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.175 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85C59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 92, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(1, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(1, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 61.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.59, 54.05, 30.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.59, 61.88, 29.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.52% 0.1592 0.0722) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.52% 0.175 24.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.9127, 25.5365, 12.3292) |
| Luminance | 0.2553 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.82
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 3.68
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 3.97
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.22
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.39
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85C59 #59E5E8
analogous
#E8599D #E85C59 #E8A459
triadic
#E85C59 #59E85C #5C59E8
tetradic
#E85C59 #9DE859 #59E5E8 #A459E8
square
#E85C59 #9DE859 #59E5E8 #A459E8
split-complementary
#E85C59 #59E8A4 #599DE8
monochromatic
#AE1B18 #E12723 #E85C59 #EF918F #F7C6C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.44
#E85C59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.11
#E85C59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85C59
6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85C59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85C59 | 1.00 | 3.44 | 6.11 | 6.11 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.11 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#807858
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39555
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FE405C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85c59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 92, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.175 24.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f69088',
500: '#e85c59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85c59; $custom-light: #f69088; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85c59",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 92,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 1.259,
"s": 75.661,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65519,
"c": 0.17474,
"h": 24.4
},
"luminance": 0.25531
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85C59
secondary
#B5E7E8
accent
#D4D80E
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1EF
border
#D7CBCA
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C