#E35A63Aphrodisiac (#E35A63) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 19°, lightness 0.65 and chroma 0.171. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #E35A63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 90, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(356, 71%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(356, 60%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60%, 56%, 11%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(56.6 53.9 23) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.647 0.171 19) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Aphrodisiac shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#e4555b — ΔE 1.1, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#e75960 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#e35a63 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#e45b65 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Aphrodisiac in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 3.55:1 and against black 5.91:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffdedd · #ffa1a1 · #e35a63 · #bf404b · #901d2d · #5f0014
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#f69960 · #ef7a5c · #e35a63 · #c54c73 · #a4417a · #82397b
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#cfa470 · #e35a63 · #b6464d · #754a00 · #70031b · #311b00
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#00dfe7 · #e35a63 · #896262 · #7a373a · #551c20 · #2e090c
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e0f7f8 · #bfa2a1 · #e35a63 · #677778 · #422728 · #000202
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e6f5f6 · #bbcdcd · #8ca0a1 · #0b2728 · #000506 · #e35a63
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#c5dcbc · #bf97b2 · #e35a63 · #1b6e7b · #324257 · #1e0515
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#cbfdff · #2ec59c · #e35a63 · #007fa7 · #003a2b · #00050c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e1fbda · #7bbe69 · #e35a63 · #2e6fd5 · #002a6d · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f4f5ce · #b0b03c · #e35a63 · #008489 · #331672 · #000203
#ED7478 · #F78C8E · #FFA4A4 · #FFBFBE · #FFD9D8
#C0444E · #9D2F3A · #7C1A26 · #5C0214 · #390007
#D3696D · #C37576 · #B17F7F
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.