#E87175Pastrami (#E87175) is a light, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 20°, lightness 0.69 and chroma 0.148. 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 | #E87175 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 113, 117) |
| HSL | hsl(358, 72%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(358, 51%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 51%, 50%, 9%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(61.9 46.4 19.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.689 0.148 20) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Pastrami shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ea6c6c — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#ec7172 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#e87175 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#e97277 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchangedTest Pastrami 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 2.98:1 and against black 7.05:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
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.
#ffedec · #ffb2b1 · #e87175 · #c1555a · #94343a · #68121d
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.
#fcab7a · #f48e72 · #e87175 · #cb6180 · #ab5585 · #8b4b83
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.
#d8b386 · #e87175 · #bc5b5e · #855400 · #77222a · #3e2500
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 · #e87175 · #93706f · #824748 · #5e2b2d · #361617
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e3f6f7 · #e87175 · #917979 · #435050 · #2e1818 · #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 · #0b2729 · #000506 · #e87175
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e6ecc6 · #53e6cb · #e87175 · #734970 · #2a3a29 · #160a04
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#d0fcfd · #e87175 · #059675 · #005571 · #00261b · #00050c
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e3fadd · #e87175 · #58914a · #12489b · #001a4e · #000200
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#f3f5d3 · #e87175 · #858521 · #00585c · #230655 · #000203
#F08688 · #F89A9B · #FFAFAE · #FFC6C5 · #FFDCDB
#C3595D · #9F4146 · #7C2A30 · #5B131B · #3C0008
#DA7C7D · #CA8686 · #BA8E8E
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.