#E66251#E66251
#E66251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.168 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E66251 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 98, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(7, 75%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(7, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 64.8%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.19, 50.15, 35.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.19, 61.34, 35.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.86% 0.1457 0.083) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.86% 0.168 29.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.4897, 26.1574, 10.8050) |
| Luminance | 0.2615 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 3.77
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.62
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.87
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.20
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 5.32
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E66251 #51D5E6
analogous
#E6518A #E66251 #E6AC51
triadic
#E66251 #51E662 #6251E6
tetradic
#E66251 #8AE651 #51D5E6 #AC51E6
square
#E66251 #8AE651 #51D5E6 #AC51E6
split-complementary
#E66251 #51E6AC #518AE6
monochromatic
#A52818 #DA351F #E66251 #EE9287 #F5C3BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.37
#E66251 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.23
#E66251 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E66251
6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E66251 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E66251 | 1.00 | 3.37 | 6.23 | 6.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.37 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#847A4F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5974E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC475F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e66251; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 98, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.168 29.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f59382',
500: '#e66251',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e66251; $custom-light: #f59382; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e66251",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 98,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 6.846,
"s": 74.874,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65865,
"c": 0.16767,
"h": 29.7
},
"luminance": 0.26152
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E66251
secondary
#ADDFE5
accent
#C0D70E
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#180D0A
muted
#867E7C