#E26255#E26255

#E26255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.162 H 28.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26255
RGB	rgb(226, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 48.98, 32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 58.63, 33.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% 0.1432 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.162 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3748, 25.5647, 11.5589)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E26255 #55D5E2

analogous

#E2558E #E26255 #E2A855

triadic

#E26255 #55E262 #6255E2

tetradic

#E26255 #8EE255 #55D5E2 #A855E2

square

#E26255 #8EE255 #55D5E2 #A855E2

split-complementary

#E26255 #55E2A8 #558EE2

monochromatic

#A1281B #D53524 #E26255 #EB9289 #F4C3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#E26255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#E26255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26255

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26255	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.162 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19385',
    500: '#e26255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26255;
$custom-light: #f19385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.532,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65336,
    "c": 0.16241,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26255

secondary

#AFDFE4

accent

#C1D313

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26255

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

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