#E85D5E#E85D5E
#E85D5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.173 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85D5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 93, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(360, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(360, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 59.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.84, 53.94, 27.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.84, 60.58, 27.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.73% 0.1596 0.0668) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.73% 0.173 22.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.2170, 25.7977, 13.5018) |
| Luminance | 0.2579 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.04
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.14
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.21
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.31
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.71
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85D5E #5DE8E7
analogous
#E85DA3 #E85D5E #E8A15D
triadic
#E85D5E #5EE85D #5D5EE8
tetradic
#E85D5E #A3E85D #5DE8E7 #A15DE8
square
#E85D5E #A3E85D #5DE8E7 #A15DE8
split-complementary
#E85D5E #5DE8A1 #5DA3E8
monochromatic
#B1191A #E02729 #E85D5E #F09393 #F7C8C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.41
#E85D5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.16
#E85D5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85D5E
6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85D5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85D5E | 1.00 | 3.41 | 6.16 | 6.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.41 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#80795D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3965B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD425F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85d5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 93, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.173 22.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6908b',
500: '#e85d5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85d5e; $custom-light: #f6908b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85d5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 93,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 359.568,
"s": 75.135,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65734,
"c": 0.17305,
"h": 22.7
},
"luminance": 0.25793
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85D5E
secondary
#B8E9E9
accent
#D7D60E
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D