#E56255#E56255

#E56255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.166 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56255
RGB	rgb(229, 98, 85)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, 50.04, 32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 59.90, 33.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% 0.1462 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.166 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3240, 26.0542, 11.6034)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E56255 #55D8E5

analogous

#E55590 #E56255 #E5AA55

triadic

#E56255 #55E562 #6255E5

tetradic

#E56255 #90E555 #55D8E5 #AA55E5

square

#E56255 #90E555 #55D8E5 #AA55E5

split-complementary

#E56255 #55E5AA #5590E5

monochromatic

#A62619 #DB3222 #E56255 #ED938A #F5C4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#E56255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#E56255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56255

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56255	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)

#847A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 98, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.166 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49385',
    500: '#e56255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56255;
$custom-light: #f49385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.417,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65779,
    "c": 0.16574,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56255

secondary

#B0E1E6

accent

#C4D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56255

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

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