#E56259#E56259

#E56259 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.165 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56259
RGB	rgb(229, 98, 89)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(4, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, 50.30, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 58.94, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% 0.1477 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.165 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4875, 26.1195, 12.4641)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56259 #59DCE5

analogous

#E55996 #E56259 #E5A859

triadic

#E56259 #59E562 #6259E5

tetradic

#E56259 #96E559 #59DCE5 #A859E5

square

#E56259 #96E559 #59DCE5 #A859E5

split-complementary

#E56259 #59E5A8 #5996E5

monochromatic

#A9241A #DD3024 #E56259 #ED948E #F6C6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#E56259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#E56259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56259

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56259	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 98, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.165 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49388',
    500: '#e56259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56259;
$custom-light: #f49388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65846,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56259

secondary

#B3E3E6

accent

#C8D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56259

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

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