#E56161#E56161

#E56161 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.165 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56161
RGB	rgb(229, 97, 97)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, 51.31, 26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 57.58, 26.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% 0.1522 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.165 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7488, 26.0753, 14.2995)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56161 #61E5E5

analogous

#E561A3 #E56161 #E5A361

triadic

#E56161 #61E561 #6161E5

tetradic

#E56161 #A3E561 #61E5E5 #A361E5

square

#E56161 #A3E561 #61E5E5 #A361E5

split-complementary

#E56161 #61E5A3 #61A3E5

monochromatic

#AF1D1D #DC2C2C #E56161 #EE9696 #F6CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#E56161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#E56161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56161

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56161	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2965E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 97, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.165 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3928e',
    500: '#e56161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56161;
$custom-light: #f3928e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65858,
    "c": 0.16497,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56161

secondary

#BAE8E8

accent

#D4D412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56161

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

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