#E56560#E56560

#E56560 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.161 H 24.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56560
RGB	rgb(229, 101, 96)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 49.38, 27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 56.56, 29.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% 0.146 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.161 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0815, 26.8147, 14.1818)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56560 #60E0E5

analogous

#E5609D #E56560 #E5A760

triadic

#E56560 #60E565 #6560E5

tetradic

#E56560 #9DE560 #60E0E5 #A760E5

square

#E56560 #9DE560 #60E0E5 #A760E5

split-complementary

#E56560 #60E5A7 #609DE5

monochromatic

#AE221C #DC322B #E56560 #EE9895 #F6CBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E56560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#E56560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56560

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56560	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4985D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.161 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3958d',
    500: '#e56560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56560;
$custom-light: #f3958d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.256,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66376,
    "c": 0.16061,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56560

secondary

#B9E6E8

accent

#CDD412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56560

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

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