#E6504E#E6504E
#E6504E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.186 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6504E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 80, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(1, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(1, 66%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 65.2%, 66.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(55.19, 57.83, 33.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(55.19, 66.75, 29.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(63.6% 0.1693 0.0782) |
| OKLCH | oklch(63.6% 0.186 24.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.8807, 23.1156, 9.7260) |
| Luminance | 0.2311 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 2.35
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 2.42
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 4.10
Dark Coral
#CF524E
ΔE00 4.33
Strawberry (survey)
#FB2943
ΔE00 4.49
Lightish Red
#FE2F4A
ΔE00 4.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6504E #4EE4E6
analogous
#E64E98 #E6504E #E69C4E
triadic
#E6504E #4EE650 #504EE6
tetradic
#E6504E #98E64E #4EE4E6 #9C4EE6
square
#E6504E #98E64E #4EE4E6 #9C4EE6
split-complementary
#E6504E #4EE69C #4E98E6
monochromatic
#A31917 #D8211F #E6504E #EE8584 #F5BAB9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.74
#E6504E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
5.62
#E6504E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E6504E
5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6504E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6504E | 1.00 | 3.74 | 5.62 | 5.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.74 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 5.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 5.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#78704C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9E904A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC2B51
Achromatopsia (no color)
#848484
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6504e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 80, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.186 24.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6897f',
500: '#e6504e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6504e; $custom-light: #f6897f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6504e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 80,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0.789,
"s": 75.248,
"l": 60.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.63597,
"c": 0.18645,
"h": 24.8
},
"luminance": 0.2311
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6504E
secondary
#ABE4E5
accent
#D5D70E
background
#FFF8F7
surface
#FFF0EE
border
#D7CBC9
text
#190C0A
muted
#867D7C