#E56151#E56151

#E56151 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.168 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56151
RGB	rgb(229, 97, 81)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, 50.26, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 61.17, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.1462 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.168 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0766, 25.8064, 10.7590)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56151 #51D5E5

analogous

#E5518B #E56151 #E5AB51

triadic

#E56151 #51E561 #6151E5

tetradic

#E56151 #8BE551 #51D5E5 #AB51E5

square

#E56151 #8BE551 #51D5E5 #AB51E5

split-complementary

#E56151 #51E5AB #518BE5

monochromatic

#A32718 #D83420 #E56151 #ED9186 #F5C2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#E56151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#E56151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56151

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56151	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83794F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4964E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 97, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.168 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49282',
    500: '#e56151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56151;
$custom-light: #f49282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65582,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56151

secondary

#ADDFE5

accent

#C1D60F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56151

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

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