#E26551#E26551

#E26551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.160 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26551
RGB	rgb(226, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(8, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, 47.31, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 58.89, 36.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.1373 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.16 31)
XYZ	xyz(37.5064, 26.0749, 10.8409)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26551 #51CEE2

analogous

#E25185 #E26551 #E2AE51

triadic

#E26551 #51E265 #6551E2

tetradic

#E26551 #85E251 #51CEE2 #AE51E2

square

#E26551 #85E251 #51CEE2 #AE51E2

split-complementary

#E26551 #51E2AE #5185E2

monochromatic

#9E2D1A #D33B23 #E26551 #EB9385 #F3C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#E26551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#E26551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26551

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26551	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F74D61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.160 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29482',
    500: '#e26551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26551;
$custom-light: #f29482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65685,
    "c": 0.16019,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.2607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26551

secondary

#ACDCE3

accent

#B9D312

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26551

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

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