#E85D4E#E85D4E
#E85D4E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.176 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85D4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 93, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 77%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 66.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.60, 52.95, 36.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.60, 64.22, 34.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.47% 0.1537 0.0848) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.47% 0.176 28.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.5720, 25.5397, 10.1048) |
| Luminance | 0.2554 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.43
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.24
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.31
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.78
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.83
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 5.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85D4E #4ED9E8
analogous
#E84E8C #E85D4E #E8AA4E
triadic
#E85D4E #4EE85D #5D4EE8
tetradic
#E85D4E #8CE84E #4ED9E8 #AA4EE8
square
#E85D4E #8CE84E #4ED9E8 #AA4EE8
split-complementary
#E85D4E #4EE8AA #4E8CE8
monochromatic
#A62416 #DC2F1D #E85D4E #EF8F84 #F6C0BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.44
#E85D4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.11
#E85D4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85D4E
6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85D4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85D4E | 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)
#82774C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4964A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FE3F5A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85d4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 93, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.176 28.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f79080',
500: '#e85d4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85d4e; $custom-light: #f79080; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85d4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 93,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.844,
"s": 77,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65468,
"c": 0.17552,
"h": 28.9
},
"luminance": 0.25535
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85D4E
secondary
#ACE0E6
accent
#C5D90C
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190D0A
muted
#877E7C