#E56156#E56156

#E56156 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.167 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56156
RGB	rgb(229, 97, 86)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 50.57, 32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 59.92, 32.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.66% 0.148 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(65.66% 0.167 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2711, 25.8842, 11.7831)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56156 #56DAE5

analogous

#E55693 #E56156 #E5A856

triadic

#E56156 #56E561 #6156E5

tetradic

#E56156 #93E556 #56DAE5 #A856E5

square

#E56156 #93E556 #56DAE5 #A856E5

split-complementary

#E56156 #56E5A8 #5693E5

monochromatic

#A7251A #DC3022 #E56156 #ED938B #F5C4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E56156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#E56156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56156

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56156	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 97, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.167 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49286',
    500: '#e56156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56156;
$custom-light: #f49286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65662,
    "c": 0.16661,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56156

secondary

#B1E2E6

accent

#C6D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56156

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

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