#eb5f59

Color #eb5f59

A vivid, highly saturated light red.

Closest named color Salmon #fa8072 · ΔE 12.39 Nearest Tailwind class red-400 #ff6467 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#eb5f59

RGB

rgb(235, 95, 89)

HSL

hsl(2.5, 78.5%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(2.5, 62.1%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 62.1%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(58.58, 53.74, 31.47)

LCH

lch(58.58, 62.28, 30.35)

OKLCH

oklch(66.4%, 0.1748, 25.45)

HWB

hwb(2.5, 34.9%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#59e5eb

Analogous

#eb599c

#eb5f59

#eba859

Triadic

#eb5f59

#59eb5f

#5f59eb

Split-complementary

#eb5f59

#59eba8

#599ceb

Tetradic

#eb5f59

#e5eb59

#59e5eb

#5f59eb

Square

#eb5f59

#9ceb59

#59e5eb

#a859eb

Shades

Color #eb5f59 mixed toward black.

#e53129

#c11e17

#911711

#600f0c

#300806

Tints

Color #eb5f59 mixed toward white.

#ee7a75

#f29490

#f5afac

#f8cac8

#fce4e3

Tones

Color #eb5f59 mixed toward gray.

#df6a65

#d37571

#c6807d

#ba8c8a

#ae9796

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.31:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbe5a · ΔE 47.6

Deuteranopia

#c6ce5b · ΔE 52.2

Tritanopia

#e65c5c · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 26.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #eb5f59;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#eb5f59]

Related colors

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Brown #a52a2a

Dark Gray #a9a9a9

Dark Red #8b0000

Frequently asked questions

#eb5f59 (#eb5f59) is rgb(235, 95, 89) in RGB.

No, #eb5f59 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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