#ED6556#ED6556
#ED6556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.171 H 28.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED6556 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 101, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(6, 81%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(6, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 63.7%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.88, 51.53, 34.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.88, 62.21, 34.07°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.38% 0.1502 0.0823) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.38% 0.171 28.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.2623, 27.9891, 12.0319) |
| Luminance | 0.2798 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 2.75
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 3.50
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 4.76
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.95
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.19
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 5.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED6556 #56DEED
analogous
#ED5692 #ED6556 #EDB056
triadic
#ED6556 #56ED65 #6556ED
tetradic
#ED6556 #92ED56 #56DEED #B056ED
square
#ED6556 #92ED56 #56DEED #B056ED
split-complementary
#ED6556 #56EDB0 #5692ED
monochromatic
#B52313 #E7331F #ED6556 #F3978D #F9CAC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.18
#ED6556 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.60
#ED6556 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #ED6556
6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED6556 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED6556 | 1.00 | 3.18 | 6.60 | 6.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#887E54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9B53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF4A62
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed6556; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 101, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.171 28.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fa9586',
500: '#ed6556',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed6556; $custom-light: #fa9586; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed6556",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 101,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 5.96,
"s": 80.749,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67379,
"c": 0.17125,
"h": 28.7
},
"luminance": 0.27984
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED6556
secondary
#B4E5EA
accent
#C8DD08
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2EF
border
#D7CCCA
text
#190E0B
muted
#877E7C