#E56459#E56459

#E56459 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.163 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56459
RGB	rgb(229, 100, 89)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 49.36, 31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 58.39, 32.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.1448 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.163 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6769, 26.4985, 12.5273)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56459 #59DAE5

analogous

#E55994 #E56459 #E5AA59

triadic

#E56459 #59E564 #6459E5

tetradic

#E56459 #94E559 #59DAE5 #AA59E5

square

#E56459 #94E559 #59DAE5 #AA59E5

split-complementary

#E56459 #59E5AA #5994E5

monochromatic

#A9261A #DD3324 #E56459 #ED958E #F6C7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#E56459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#E56459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56459

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56459	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 100, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.163 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39488',
    500: '#e56459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56459;
$custom-light: #f39488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66116,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56459

secondary

#B3E2E6

accent

#C6D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56459

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

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