#ED5E5E#ED5E5E

#ED5E5E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.177 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED5E5E
RGB	rgb(237, 94, 94)
HSL	hsl(0, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, 55.18, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 62.33, 27.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.163 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.177 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9519, 26.8234, 13.6085)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED5E5E #5EEDED

analogous

#ED5EA6 #ED5E5E #EDA65E

triadic

#ED5E5E #5EED5E #5E5EED

tetradic

#ED5E5E #A6ED5E #5EEDED #A65EED

square

#ED5E5E #A6ED5E #5EEDED #A65EED

split-complementary

#ED5E5E #5EEDA6 #5EA6ED

monochromatic

#BC1515 #E72727 #ED5E5E #F39595 #F9CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#ED5E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#ED5E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #ED5E5E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED5E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED5E5E	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF425F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed5e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 94, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.177 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9918b',
    500: '#ed5e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed5e5e;
$custom-light: #f9918b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed5e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66614,
    "c": 0.17739,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED5E5E

secondary

#BBECEC

accent

#DCDC09

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#190D0C

muted

#877E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED5E5E

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

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