#E56551#E56551

#E56551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.164 H 30.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56551
RGB	rgb(229, 101, 81)
HSL	hsl(8, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 48.39, 35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 60.16, 36.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% 0.1403 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.164 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4556, 26.5643, 10.8854)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56551 #51D1E5

analogous

#E55187 #E56551 #E5AF51

triadic

#E56551 #51E565 #6551E5

tetradic

#E56551 #87E551 #51D1E5 #AF51E5

square

#E56551 #87E551 #51D1E5 #AF51E5

split-complementary

#E56551 #51E5AF #5187E5

monochromatic

#A32B18 #D83920 #E56551 #ED9486 #F5C3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#E56551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#E56551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56551

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56551	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.164 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49582',
    500: '#e56551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56551;
$custom-light: #f49582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.108,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66124,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56551

secondary

#ADDDE5

accent

#BBD60F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56551

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

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