#E85E5E#E85E5E

#E85E5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.172 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E85E5E
RGB	rgb(232, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, 53.49, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 60.29, 27.46°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.1582 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.172 23)
XYZ	xyz(39.3054, 25.9744, 13.5313)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E85E5E #5EE8E8

analogous

#E85EA3 #E85E5E #E8A35E

triadic

#E85E5E #5EE85E #5E5EE8

tetradic

#E85E5E #A3E85E #5EE8E8 #A35EE8

square

#E85E5E #A3E85E #5EE8E8 #A35EE8

split-complementary

#E85E5E #5EE8A3 #5EA3E8

monochromatic

#B21919 #E02828 #E85E5E #F09494 #F7C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#E85E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#E85E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E85E5E

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E85E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E85E5E	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)

#81795D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3965B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e85e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.172 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6918b',
    500: '#e85e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e85e5e;
$custom-light: #f6918b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e85e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6586,
    "c": 0.17196,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.25969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E85E5E

secondary

#B9E9E9

accent

#D7D70E

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E85E5E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →