#E56253#E56253

#E56253 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.166 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56253
RGB	rgb(229, 98, 83)
HSL	hsl(6, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(6, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 49.92, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 60.40, 34.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% 0.1454 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.166 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2457, 26.0228, 11.1909)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56253 #53D6E5

analogous

#E5538D #E56253 #E5AB53

triadic

#E56253 #53E562 #6253E5

tetradic

#E56253 #8DE553 #53D6E5 #AB53E5

square

#E56253 #8DE553 #53D6E5 #AB53E5

split-complementary

#E56253 #53E5AB #538DE5

monochromatic

#A52719 #DA3421 #E56253 #ED9388 #F5C3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#E56253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#E56253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56253

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56253	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 98, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.166 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49383',
    500: '#e56253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56253;
$custom-light: #f49383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.164,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65747,
    "c": 0.16615,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56253

secondary

#AEE0E5

accent

#C1D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56253

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

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