#E56556#E56556

#E56556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.162 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56556
RGB	rgb(229, 101, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, 48.70, 33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 58.85, 34.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.2% 0.1422 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(66.2% 0.162 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6500, 26.6421, 11.9094)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56556 #56D6E5

analogous

#E5568F #E56556 #E5AD56

triadic

#E56556 #56E565 #6556E5

tetradic

#E56556 #8FE556 #56D6E5 #AD56E5

square

#E56556 #8FE556 #56D6E5 #AD56E5

split-complementary

#E56556 #56E5AD #568FE5

monochromatic

#A7281A #DC3522 #E56556 #ED958B #F5C6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#E56556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#E56556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56556

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56556	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4D62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.162 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49586',
    500: '#e56556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56556;
$custom-light: #f49586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.294,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66202,
    "c": 0.16241,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56556

secondary

#B1E0E6

accent

#C1D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56556

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

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