#E5656C#E5656C
#E5656C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.159 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5656C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 101, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(357, 71%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(357, 56%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 52.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.02, 50.31, 20.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.02, 54.51, 22.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.61% 0.1506 0.0523) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.61% 0.159 19.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.6767, 27.0528, 17.3167) |
| Luminance | 0.2705 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.25
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.31
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 5.63
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 5.74
Rose (survey)
#CF6275
ΔE00 6.49
Watermelon
#FC6C85
ΔE00 6.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5656C #65E5DE
analogous
#E565AC #E5656C #E59E65
triadic
#E5656C #6CE565 #656CE5
tetradic
#E5656C #ACE565 #65E5DE #9E65E5
square
#E5656C #ACE565 #65E5DE #9E65E5
split-complementary
#E5656C #65E59E #65ACE5
monochromatic
#B21E26 #DC313A #E5656C #EE999E #F7CED0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.28
#E5656C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.41
#E5656C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E5656C
6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5656C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5656C | 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)
#837E6B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39869
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F95168
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5656c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.159 19.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39596',
500: '#e5656c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5656c; $custom-light: #f39596; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5656c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 101,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 356.719,
"s": 71.111,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66614,
"c": 0.15942,
"h": 19.2
},
"luminance": 0.27048
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5656C
secondary
#BDE9E6
accent
#D3C912
background
#FFF9F9
surface
#FFF2F1
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180E0D
muted
#867E7E