#E56055#E56055

#E56055 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.168 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56055
RGB	rgb(229, 96, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 50.96, 32.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 60.43, 32.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% 0.1491 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.168 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1392, 25.6846, 11.5418)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56055 #55DAE5

analogous

#E55592 #E56055 #E5A855

triadic

#E56055 #55E560 #6055E5

tetradic

#E56055 #92E555 #55DAE5 #A855E5

square

#E56055 #92E555 #55DAE5 #A855E5

split-complementary

#E56055 #55E5A8 #5592E5

monochromatic

#A62419 #DB3022 #E56055 #ED928A #F5C3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E56055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#E56055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56055

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56055	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 96, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.168 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49285',
    500: '#e56055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56055;
$custom-light: #f49285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65514,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56055

secondary

#B0E2E6

accent

#C6D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56055

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

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