#E56159#E56159

#E56159 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.166 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56159
RGB	rgb(229, 97, 89)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(3, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 50.76, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 59.22, 31.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% 0.1491 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.166 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3945, 25.9336, 12.4331)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56159 #59DDE5

analogous

#E55997 #E56159 #E5A759

triadic

#E56159 #59E561 #6159E5

tetradic

#E56159 #97E559 #59DDE5 #A759E5

square

#E56159 #97E559 #59DDE5 #A759E5

split-complementary

#E56159 #59E5A7 #5997E5

monochromatic

#A9231A #DD2F24 #E56159 #ED938E #F6C6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#E56159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#E56159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56159

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56159	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 97, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.166 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49288',
    500: '#e56159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56159;
$custom-light: #f49288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65713,
    "c": 0.16609,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56159

secondary

#B3E4E6

accent

#CAD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56159

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

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