#ED5F51#ED5F51

#ED5F51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.178 H 28.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED5F51
RGB	rgb(237, 95, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 65.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, 53.95, 36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 65.02, 33.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% 0.1568 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.178 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5065, 26.7884, 10.8207)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED5F51 #51DFED

analogous

#ED5191 #ED5F51 #EDAD51

triadic

#ED5F51 #51ED5F #5F51ED

tetradic

#ED5F51 #91ED51 #51DFED #AD51ED

square

#ED5F51 #91ED51 #51DFED #AD51ED

split-complementary

#ED5F51 #51EDAD #5191ED

monochromatic

#B12112 #E72C1A #ED5F51 #F39288 #F8C5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#ED5F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#ED5F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #ED5F51

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED5F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED5F51	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)

#847A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF415C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed5f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 95, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.178 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fa9282',
    500: '#ed5f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed5f51;
$custom-light: #fa9282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed5f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.385,
    "s": 81.25,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66525,
    "c": 0.17833,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED5F51

secondary

#B0E4E9

accent

#CADE08

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#190D0A

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED5F51

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

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