#E56155#E56155

#E56155 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.167 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56155
RGB	rgb(229, 97, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 50.50, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 60.16, 32.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% 0.1476 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.167 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2311, 25.8682, 11.5724)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56155 #55D9E5

analogous

#E55591 #E56155 #E5A955

triadic

#E56155 #55E561 #6155E5

tetradic

#E56155 #91E555 #55D9E5 #A955E5

square

#E56155 #91E555 #55D9E5 #A955E5

split-complementary

#E56155 #55E5A9 #5591E5

monochromatic

#A62519 #DB3122 #E56155 #ED928A #F5C4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E56155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#E56155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56155

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56155	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 97, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.167 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49285',
    500: '#e56155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56155;
$custom-light: #f49285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65646,
    "c": 0.1668,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56155

secondary

#B0E1E6

accent

#C5D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56155

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

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