#E56464#E56464
#E56464 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.161 H 22.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E56464 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 100, 100) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 71%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(0, 56%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 56.3%, 56.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.69, 50.14, 25.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.69, 56.10, 26.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.32% 0.149 0.0617) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.32% 0.161 22.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.1738, 26.6972, 15.1443) |
| Luminance | 0.2669 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Pastel Red
#DB5856
ΔE00 3.82
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 4.41
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 4.91
Watermelon (survey)
#FD4659
ΔE00 5.22
Indianred
#CD5C5C
ΔE00 5.26
Pale Red
#D9544D
ΔE00 5.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E56464 #64E5E5
analogous
#E564A5 #E56464 #E5A564
triadic
#E56464 #64E564 #6464E5
tetradic
#E56464 #A5E564 #64E5E5 #A564E5
square
#E56464 #A5E564 #64E5E5 #A564E5
split-complementary
#E56464 #64E5A5 #64A5E5
monochromatic
#B11E1E #DC3030 #E56464 #EE9898 #F7CDCD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.31
#E56464 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.34
#E56464 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E56464
6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E56464 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E56464 | 1.00 | 3.31 | 6.34 | 6.34 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#837C63
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39761
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F94E65
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e56464; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 100, 100); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.161 22.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f39490',
500: '#e56464',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e56464; $custom-light: #f39490; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e56464",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 100,
"b": 100
},
"hsl": {
"h": 0,
"s": 71.271,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66316,
"c": 0.16123,
"h": 22.5
},
"luminance": 0.26692
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E56464
secondary
#BCE9E9
accent
#D3D312
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2F0
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180D0C
muted
#867E7D