#E6685B#E6685B
#E6685B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.159 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6685B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 104, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 54.8%, 60.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.42, 47.96, 31.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.42, 57.24, 33.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.85% 0.1406 0.0749) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.85% 0.159 28.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.4752, 27.4838, 13.1216) |
| Luminance | 0.2748 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.03
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.26
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 5.05
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.12
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.53
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6685B #5BD9E6
analogous
#E65B93 #E6685B #E6AE5B
triadic
#E6685B #5BE668 #685BE6
tetradic
#E6685B #93E65B #5BD9E6 #AE5BE6
square
#E6685B #93E65B #5BD9E6 #AE5BE6
split-complementary
#E6685B #5BE6AE #5B93E6
monochromatic
#AC281A #DE3726 #E6685B #EE9990 #F6CAC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.23
#E6685B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.50
#E6685B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E6685B
6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6685B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6685B | 1.00 | 3.23 | 6.50 | 6.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#887E59
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A79958
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB5165
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6685b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 104, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.159 28.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f49789',
500: '#e6685b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6685b; $custom-light: #f49789; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6685b",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 104,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.612,
"s": 73.545,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66846,
"c": 0.15934,
"h": 28.1
},
"luminance": 0.27479
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6685B
secondary
#B5E3E7
accent
#C3D610
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2F0
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180E0B
muted
#867E7C