#ED5556#ED5556

#ED5556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.188 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED5556
RGB	rgb(237, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 58.52, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 66.50, 28.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.1721 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.188 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8572, 25.1789, 11.5635)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED5556 #55EDEC

analogous

#ED55A2 #ED5556 #EDA055

triadic

#ED5556 #56ED55 #5556ED

tetradic

#ED5556 #A2ED55 #55EDEC #A055ED

square

#ED5556 #A2ED55 #55EDEC #A055ED

split-complementary

#ED5556 #55EDA0 #55A2ED

monochromatic

#B41314 #E71E1F #ED5556 #F38C8D #F9C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#ED5556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#ED5556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #ED5556

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED5556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED5556	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed5556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.188 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8c85',
    500: '#ed5556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed5556;
$custom-light: #fa8c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed5556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.605,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.654,
    "c": 0.18776,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED5556

secondary

#B4EAEA

accent

#DDDC08

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED5556

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

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