#E56559#E56559

#E56559 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.162 H 27.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56559
RGB	rgb(229, 101, 89)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, 48.89, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 58.12, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.1433 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.162 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7734, 26.6915, 12.5594)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56559 #59D9E5

analogous

#E55993 #E56559 #E5AB59

triadic

#E56559 #59E565 #6559E5

tetradic

#E56559 #93E559 #59D9E5 #AB59E5

square

#E56559 #93E559 #59D9E5 #AB59E5

split-complementary

#E56559 #59E5AB #5993E5

monochromatic

#A9271A #DD3424 #E56559 #ED968E #F6C7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#E56559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#E56559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56559

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56559	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)

#857C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.162 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39588',
    500: '#e56559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56559;
$custom-light: #f39588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66252,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56559

secondary

#B3E2E6

accent

#C4D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56559

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

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