#E35956#E35956

#E35956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.173 H 24.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35956
RGB	rgb(227, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, 53.49, 29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 61.31, 29.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% 0.1574 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.173 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9342, 24.1524, 11.5193)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35956 #56E0E3

analogous

#E3569A #E35956 #E3A056

triadic

#E35956 #56E359 #5956E3

tetradic

#E35956 #9AE356 #56E0E3 #A056E3

square

#E35956 #9AE356 #56E0E3 #A056E3

split-complementary

#E35956 #56E3A0 #569AE3

monochromatic

#A41E1B #D82824 #E35956 #EC8D8B #F4C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E35956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#E35956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35956

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35956	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.173 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38d85',
    500: '#e35956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35956;
$custom-light: #f38d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.277,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6433,
    "c": 0.17292,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35956

secondary

#B0E4E5

accent

#CFD412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35956

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

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