#E56451#E56451

#E56451 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.165 H 30.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56451
RGB	rgb(229, 100, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, 48.86, 35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 60.41, 36.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.1418 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.165 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3591, 26.3713, 10.8532)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56451 #51D2E5

analogous

#E55188 #E56451 #E5AE51

triadic

#E56451 #51E564 #6451E5

tetradic

#E56451 #88E551 #51D2E5 #AE51E5

square

#E56451 #88E551 #51D2E5 #AE51E5

split-complementary

#E56451 #51E5AE #5188E5

monochromatic

#A32A18 #D83820 #E56451 #ED9386 #F5C3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#E56451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#E56451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56451

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56451	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5974E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 100, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.165 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49482',
    500: '#e56451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56451;
$custom-light: #f49482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.703,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65987,
    "c": 0.16453,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56451

secondary

#ADDEE5

accent

#BDD60F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56451

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

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