#E56056#E56056

#E56056 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.168 H 27.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56056
RGB	rgb(229, 96, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 51.02, 31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 60.19, 32.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.53% 0.1494 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(65.53% 0.168 27)
XYZ	xyz(38.1792, 25.7006, 11.7525)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56056 #56DBE5

analogous

#E55694 #E56056 #E5A856

triadic

#E56056 #56E560 #6056E5

tetradic

#E56056 #94E556 #56DBE5 #A856E5

square

#E56056 #94E556 #56DBE5 #A856E5

split-complementary

#E56056 #56E5A8 #5694E5

monochromatic

#A7241A #DC2F22 #E56056 #ED928B #F5C4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E56056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#E56056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56056

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56056	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)

#827954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 96, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.168 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49286',
    500: '#e56056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56056;
$custom-light: #f49286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.196,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6553,
    "c": 0.16766,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.25696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56056

secondary

#B1E2E6

accent

#C8D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56056

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

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