#E26259#E26259

#E26259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.162 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26259
RGB	rgb(226, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 49.24, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 57.68, 31.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.1447 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.162 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5383, 25.6301, 12.4196)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26259 #59D9E2

analogous

#E25994 #E26259 #E2A759

triadic

#E26259 #59E262 #6259E2

tetradic

#E26259 #94E259 #59D9E2 #A759E2

square

#E26259 #94E259 #59D9E2 #A759E2

split-complementary

#E26259 #59E2A7 #5994E2

monochromatic

#A4261D #D83126 #E26259 #EB938D #F4C5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#E26259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#E26259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26259

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26259	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)

#827A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F74A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.162 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19388',
    500: '#e26259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26259;
$custom-light: #f19388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.942,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65403,
    "c": 0.16167,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26259

secondary

#B2E1E5

accent

#C6D213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26259

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

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