#ED5E57#ED5E57
#ED5E57 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.178 H 25.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED5E57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 94, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(3, 81%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(3, 63%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 63.3%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.70, 54.74, 32.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.70, 63.83, 30.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.49% 0.1604 0.0779) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.49% 0.178 25.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.6520, 26.7035, 12.0286) |
| Luminance | 0.2670 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 2.59
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 2.93
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 3.76
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 3.98
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.18
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 4.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED5E57 #57E6ED
analogous
#ED579B #ED5E57 #EDA957
triadic
#ED5E57 #57ED5E #5E57ED
tetradic
#ED5E57 #9BED57 #57E6ED #A957ED
square
#ED5E57 #9BED57 #57E6ED #A957ED
split-complementary
#ED5E57 #57EDA9 #579BED
monochromatic
#B61B14 #E72920 #ED5E57 #F3938E #F9C8C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.31
#ED5E57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.34
#ED5E57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #ED5E57
6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED5E57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED5E57 | 1.00 | 3.31 | 6.34 | 6.34 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#837A55
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A79953
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF405D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed5e57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 94, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.178 25.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fa9186',
500: '#ed5e57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed5e57; $custom-light: #fa9186; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed5e57",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 94,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 2.8,
"s": 80.645,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66494,
"c": 0.17832,
"h": 25.9
},
"luminance": 0.26698
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED5E57
secondary
#B5E8EA
accent
#D3DD09
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#190D0B
muted
#877E7C