#E56157#E56157

#E56157 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.166 H 26.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56157
RGB	rgb(229, 97, 87)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 50.63, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 59.68, 31.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% 0.1484 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.166 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3116, 25.9004, 11.9968)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56157 #57DBE5

analogous

#E55794 #E56157 #E5A857

triadic

#E56157 #57E561 #6157E5

tetradic

#E56157 #94E557 #57DBE5 #A857E5

square

#E56157 #94E557 #57DBE5 #A857E5

split-complementary

#E56157 #57E5A8 #5794E5

monochromatic

#A8241A #DD2F22 #E56157 #ED938C #F5C5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#E56157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#E56157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56157

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56157	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)

#837A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 97, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.166 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49286',
    500: '#e56157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56157;
$custom-light: #f49286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.225,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65679,
    "c": 0.16643,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56157

secondary

#B2E2E6

accent

#C7D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56157

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

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