#ED5656#ED5656

#ED5656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.187 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED5656
RGB	rgb(237, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 58.10, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 66.22, 28.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% 0.1708 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.187 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9365, 25.3375, 11.5900)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED5656 #56EDED

analogous

#ED56A1 #ED5656 #EDA156

triadic

#ED5656 #56ED56 #5656ED

tetradic

#ED5656 #A1ED56 #56EDED #A156ED

square

#ED5656 #A1ED56 #56EDED #A156ED

split-complementary

#ED5656 #56EDA1 #56A1ED

monochromatic

#B51313 #E71F1F #ED5656 #F38D8D #F9C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#ED5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#ED5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #ED5656

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED5656	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.187 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa8d85',
    500: '#ed5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed5656;
$custom-light: #fa8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65515,
    "c": 0.18674,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED5656

secondary

#B4EAEA

accent

#DDDD08

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#190D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED5656

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

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