#E26261#E26261
#E26261 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.161 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E26261 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 98, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 69%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 57%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 57.1%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(57.82, 49.81, 25.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(57.82, 56.02, 27.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.55% 0.1478 0.0627) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.55% 0.161 23) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.8926, 25.7718, 14.2860) |
| Luminance | 0.2577 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.99
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.55
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.78
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.99
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.10
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 5.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E26261 #61E1E2
analogous
#E261A0 #E26261 #E2A261
triadic
#E26261 #61E262 #6261E2
tetradic
#E26261 #A0E261 #61E1E2 #A261E2
square
#E26261 #A0E261 #61E1E2 #A261E2
split-complementary
#E26261 #61E2A2 #61A0E2
monochromatic
#A9201F #D92F2D #E26261 #EB9595 #F5C9C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.41
#E26261 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.15
#E26261 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E26261
6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E26261 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E26261 | 1.00 | 3.41 | 6.15 | 6.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.41 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#817A60
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A1955E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F64C63
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e26261; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 98, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.161 23.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1938e',
500: '#e26261',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e26261; $custom-light: #f1938e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e26261",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 98,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0.465,
"s": 68.984,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6555,
"c": 0.1605,
"h": 23
},
"luminance": 0.25767
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E26261
secondary
#B8E6E6
accent
#CFD115
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2F0
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D