#E56164#E56164
#E56164 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.165 H 21.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E56164 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 97, 100) |
| HSL | hsl(359, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(359, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 56.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.16, 51.53, 24.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.16, 57.04, 25.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(65.92% 0.1533 0.06) |
| OKLCH | oklch(65.92% 0.165 21.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(38.8914, 26.1323, 15.0501) |
| Luminance | 0.2613 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.64
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.72
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 4.78
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 4.94
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.28
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E56164 #61E5E2
analogous
#E561A6 #E56164 #E5A061
triadic
#E56164 #64E561 #6164E5
tetradic
#E56164 #A6E561 #61E5E2 #A061E5
square
#E56164 #A6E561 #61E5E2 #A061E5
split-complementary
#E56164 #61E5A0 #61A6E5
monochromatic
#AF1D20 #DC2C30 #E56164 #EE9698 #F6CACB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.37
#E56164 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.23
#E56164 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E56164
6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E56164 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E56164 | 1.00 | 3.37 | 6.23 | 6.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.37 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#817B63
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29661
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA4A63
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e56164; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 97, 100); /* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.165 21.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39290',
500: '#e56164',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e56164; $custom-light: #f39290; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e56164",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 97,
"b": 100
},
"hsl": {
"h": 358.636,
"s": 71.739,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.65916,
"c": 0.16468,
"h": 21.4
},
"luminance": 0.26128
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E56164
secondary
#BAE8E7
accent
#D4CF12
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2F0
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D