#E65657#E65657

#E65657 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.179 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E65657
RGB	rgb(230, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(360, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(360, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 55.86, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 63.18, 27.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.1647 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.179 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6849, 24.1718, 11.6962)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E65657 #56E6E5

analogous

#E6569F #E65657 #E69D56

triadic

#E65657 #57E656 #5657E6

tetradic

#E65657 #9FE656 #56E6E5 #9D56E6

square

#E65657 #9FE656 #56E6E5 #9D56E6

split-complementary

#E65657 #56E69D #569FE6

monochromatic

#A9191A #DE2122 #E65657 #EE8B8C #F6C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E65657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#E65657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E65657

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E65657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E65657	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)

#7B7456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC3758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e65657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.179 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58c86',
    500: '#e65657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e65657;
$custom-light: #f58c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e65657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64443,
    "c": 0.17921,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E65657

secondary

#B1E6E6

accent

#D6D50F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E65657

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →