#E85E5C#E85E5C
#E85E5C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.172 H 23.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85E5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 94, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(1, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(1, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 60.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.98, 53.36, 28.90) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.98, 60.68, 28.45°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.82% 0.1575 0.0697) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.82% 0.172 23.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.2168, 25.9390, 13.0647) |
| Luminance | 0.2593 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.04
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 3.79
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.24
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.43
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.53
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85E5C #5CE6E8
analogous
#E85CA0 #E85E5C #E8A45C
triadic
#E85E5C #5CE85E #5E5CE8
tetradic
#E85E5C #A0E85C #5CE6E8 #A45CE8
square
#E85E5C #A0E85C #5CE6E8 #A45CE8
split-complementary
#E85E5C #5CE8A4 #5CA0E8
monochromatic
#B11B19 #E02926 #E85E5C #F09392 #F7C8C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.39
#E85E5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.19
#E85E5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85E5C
6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85E5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85E5C | 1.00 | 3.39 | 6.19 | 6.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#81795B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39659
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD435F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85e5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.172 23.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6918a',
500: '#e85e5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85e5c; $custom-light: #f6918a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85e5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 94,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0.857,
"s": 75.269,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65824,
"c": 0.17219,
"h": 23.9
},
"luminance": 0.25934
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85E5C
secondary
#B7E8E9
accent
#D5D70E
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0B
muted
#867E7C