#E26257#E26257

#E26257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.162 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26257
RGB	rgb(226, 98, 87)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 49.11, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 58.15, 32.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.1439 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.162 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4554, 25.5970, 11.9833)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26257 #57D7E2

analogous

#E25792 #E26257 #E2A857

triadic

#E26257 #57E262 #6257E2

tetradic

#E26257 #92E257 #57D7E2 #A857E2

square

#E26257 #92E257 #57D7E2 #A857E2

split-complementary

#E26257 #57E2A8 #5792E2

monochromatic

#A3271C #D73325 #E26257 #EB938B #F4C4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E26257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#E26257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26257

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26257	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F74A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 98, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.162 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19386',
    500: '#e26257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26257;
$custom-light: #f19386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.748,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65369,
    "c": 0.16202,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26257

secondary

#B0E0E4

accent

#C3D313

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26257

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

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