#E5656B#E5656B
#E5656B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.159 H 19.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5656B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 101, 107) |
| HSL | hsl(357, 71%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(357, 56%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 53.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.00, 50.22, 21.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.00, 54.65, 23.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.59% 0.1502 0.0536) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.59% 0.159 19.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.6238, 27.0316, 17.0381) |
| Luminance | 0.2703 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.03
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.13
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 5.53
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 5.64
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 6.33
Lightcoral
#F08080
ΔE00 6.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5656B #65E5DF
analogous
#E565AB #E5656B #E59F65
triadic
#E5656B #6BE565 #656BE5
tetradic
#E5656B #ABE565 #65E5DF #9F65E5
square
#E5656B #ABE565 #65E5DF #9F65E5
split-complementary
#E5656B #65E59F #65ABE5
monochromatic
#B21E25 #DC3139 #E5656B #EE999D #F7CED0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.28
#E5656B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.41
#E5656B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E5656B
6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5656B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5656B | 1.00 | 3.28 | 6.41 | 6.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#837D6A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39868
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F95168
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5656b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 107); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.159 19.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39595',
500: '#e5656b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5656b; $custom-light: #f39595; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5656b",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 101,
"b": 107
},
"hsl": {
"h": 357.188,
"s": 71.111,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66593,
"c": 0.15947,
"h": 19.6
},
"luminance": 0.27027
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5656B
secondary
#BDE9E7
accent
#D3CA12
background
#FFF9F9
surface
#FFF2F1
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180E0D
muted
#867E7E