#E56257#E56257

#E56257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.165 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56257
RGB	rgb(229, 98, 87)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 50.17, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 59.41, 32.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% 0.1469 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.165 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4046, 26.0864, 12.0278)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56257 #57DAE5

analogous

#E55793 #E56257 #E5A957

triadic

#E56257 #57E562 #6257E5

tetradic

#E56257 #93E557 #57DAE5 #A957E5

square

#E56257 #93E557 #57DAE5 #A957E5

split-complementary

#E56257 #57E5A9 #5793E5

monochromatic

#A8251A #DD3122 #E56257 #ED948C #F5C5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#E56257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#E56257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56257

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56257	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 98, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.165 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49386',
    500: '#e56257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56257;
$custom-light: #f49386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.648,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65812,
    "c": 0.16537,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56257

secondary

#B2E2E6

accent

#C6D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56257

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

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