#ED6565#ED6565
#ED6565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.169 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ED6565 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(237, 101, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 79%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 57.4%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.12, 52.53, 26.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(60.12, 58.92, 26.93°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.64% 0.1558 0.0651) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.64% 0.169 22.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.9313, 28.2567, 15.5554) |
| Luminance | 0.2825 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 2.97
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 3.91
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.88
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 4.97
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 5.11
Light Red
#FF474C
ΔE00 5.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ED6565 #65EDED
analogous
#ED65A9 #ED6565 #EDA965
triadic
#ED6565 #65ED65 #6565ED
tetradic
#ED6565 #A9ED65 #65EDED #A965ED
square
#ED6565 #A9ED65 #65EDED #A965ED
split-complementary
#ED6565 #65EDA9 #65A9ED
monochromatic
#C11717 #E72E2E #ED6565 #F39C9C #FAD3D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.16
#ED6565 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.65
#ED6565 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #ED6565
6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ED6565 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ED6565 | 1.00 | 3.16 | 6.65 | 6.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#867F64
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A89C62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF4D66
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ed6565; /* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 101, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.169 22.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f99591',
500: '#ed6565',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ed6565; $custom-light: #f99591; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ed6565",
"rgb": {
"r": 237,
"g": 101,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0,
"s": 79.07,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67639,
"c": 0.16887,
"h": 22.7
},
"luminance": 0.28251
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ED6565
secondary
#C1EDED
accent
#DBDB0A
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2F0
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180E0C
muted
#867E7D