#E85E60#E85E60
#E85E60 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.172 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E85E60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 94, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 58.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.05, 53.63, 26.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.05, 59.91, 26.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.9% 0.159 0.0649) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.9% 0.172 22.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.3963, 26.0108, 14.0101) |
| Luminance | 0.2601 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.30
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.16
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.26
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.43
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.07
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E85E60 #5EE8E6
analogous
#E85EA5 #E85E60 #E8A15E
triadic
#E85E60 #60E85E #5E60E8
tetradic
#E85E60 #A5E85E #5EE8E6 #A15EE8
square
#E85E60 #A5E85E #5EE8E6 #A15EE8
split-complementary
#E85E60 #5EE8A1 #5EA5E8
monochromatic
#B2191C #E0282B #E85E60 #F09495 #F7C9CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.39
#E85E60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.20
#E85E60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E85E60
6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E85E60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E85E60 | 1.00 | 3.39 | 6.20 | 6.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.39 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#80795F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3965D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD4460
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e85e60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 94, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.172 22.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6918d',
500: '#e85e60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e85e60; $custom-light: #f6918d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e85e60",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 94,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 359.13,
"s": 75,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65898,
"c": 0.17174,
"h": 22.2
},
"luminance": 0.26006
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E85E60
secondary
#B9E9E8
accent
#D7D40E
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF1F0
border
#D7CBCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D