#E85E4A#E85E4A
#E85E4A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.175 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85E4A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 94, 74) |
| HSL | hsl(8, 77%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(8, 68%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 68.1%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.71, 52.29, 38.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.71, 65.05, 36.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.54% 0.1509 0.0894) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.54% 0.175 30.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.5213, 25.6608, 9.4018) |
| Luminance | 0.2566 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.91
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 4.78
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.13
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.17
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.73
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85E4A #4AD4E8
analogous
#E84A85 #E85E4A #E8AD4A
triadic
#E85E4A #4AE85E #5E4AE8
tetradic
#E85E4A #85E84A #4AD4E8 #AD4AE8
square
#E85E4A #85E84A #4AD4E8 #AD4AE8
split-complementary
#E85E4A #4AE8AD #4A85E8
monochromatic
#A32715 #D9341C #E85E4A #EF8E80 #F6BFB7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.43
#E85E4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.13
#E85E4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85E4A
6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85E4A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85E4A | 1.00 | 3.43 | 6.13 | 6.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.43 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#837847
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59646
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FE405A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85e4a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 74); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.175 30.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7917d',
500: '#e85e4a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85e4a; $custom-light: #f7917d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85e4a",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 94,
"b": 74
},
"hsl": {
"h": 7.595,
"s": 77.451,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65539,
"c": 0.17535,
"h": 30.6
},
"luminance": 0.25656
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85E4A
secondary
#A8DEE5
accent
#DCF434
background
#FFF9F7
surface
#FFF1EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190D09
muted
#867E7B