#E56059#E56059

#E56059 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.167 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56059
RGB	rgb(229, 96, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.1%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 51.22, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 59.51, 30.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.1506 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.167 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3027, 25.7499, 12.4025)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56059 #59DEE5

analogous

#E55998 #E56059 #E5A659

triadic

#E56059 #59E560 #6059E5

tetradic

#E56059 #98E559 #59DEE5 #A659E5

square

#E56059 #98E559 #59DEE5 #A659E5

split-complementary

#E56059 #59E5A6 #5998E5

monochromatic

#A9221A #DD2D24 #E56059 #ED938E #F6C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#E56059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#E56059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56059

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56059	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 96, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.167 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49288',
    500: '#e56059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56059;
$custom-light: #f49288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65581,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56059

secondary

#B3E4E6

accent

#CBD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56059

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

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