#E56456#E56456

#E56456 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.163 H 28.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56456
RGB	rgb(229, 100, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, 49.17, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 59.12, 33.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% 0.1436 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.163 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5535, 26.4491, 11.8773)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56456 #56D7E5

analogous

#E55690 #E56456 #E5AC56

triadic

#E56456 #56E564 #6456E5

tetradic

#E56456 #90E556 #56D7E5 #AC56E5

square

#E56456 #90E556 #56D7E5 #AC56E5

split-complementary

#E56456 #56E5AC #5690E5

monochromatic

#A7281A #DC3422 #E56456 #ED958B #F5C5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#E56456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#E56456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56456

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56456	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 100, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.163 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49486',
    500: '#e56456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56456;
$custom-light: #f49486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.874,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66066,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56456

secondary

#B1E1E6

accent

#C2D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56456

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

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