#E26959#E26959

#E26959 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.154 H 29.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E26959
RGB	rgb(226, 105, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 45.90, 31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 55.77, 34.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.1343 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.154 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2221, 26.9978, 12.6476)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E26959 #59D2E2

analogous

#E2598E #E26959 #E2AD59

triadic

#E26959 #59E269 #6959E2

tetradic

#E26959 #8EE259 #59D2E2 #AD59E2

square

#E26959 #8EE259 #59D2E2 #AD59E2

split-complementary

#E26959 #59E2AD #598EE2

monochromatic

#A42C1D #D83B26 #E26959 #EB988D #F4C7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#E26959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#E26959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E26959

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E26959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E26959	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F75366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e26959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 105, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.154 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f19788',
    500: '#e26959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e26959;
$custom-light: #f19788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e26959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.007,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66378,
    "c": 0.15419,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E26959

secondary

#B2DFE5

accent

#BCD213

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E26959

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

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