#E56555#E56555

#E56555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.163 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56555
RGB	rgb(229, 101, 85)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(7, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, 48.64, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 59.11, 34.63°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% 0.1418 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.163 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6100, 26.6261, 11.6987)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56555 #55D5E5

analogous

#E5558D #E56555 #E5AD55

triadic

#E56555 #55E565 #6555E5

tetradic

#E56555 #8DE555 #55D5E5 #AD55E5

square

#E56555 #8DE555 #55D5E5 #AD55E5

split-complementary

#E56555 #55E5AD #558DE5

monochromatic

#A62919 #DB3622 #E56555 #ED958A #F5C5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#E56555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#E56555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56555

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56555	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.163 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49585',
    500: '#e56555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56555;
$custom-light: #f49585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66186,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56555

secondary

#B0E0E6

accent

#C0D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56555

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

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