#E56561#E56561

#E56561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.160 H 24.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56561
RGB	rgb(229, 101, 97)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(2, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 49.45, 27.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 56.36, 28.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% 0.1463 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.16 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1278, 26.8332, 14.4258)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56561 #61E1E5

analogous

#E5619F #E56561 #E5A761

triadic

#E56561 #61E565 #6561E5

tetradic

#E56561 #9FE561 #61E1E5 #A761E5

square

#E56561 #9FE561 #61E1E5 #A761E5

split-complementary

#E56561 #61E5A7 #619FE5

monochromatic

#AF211D #DC322C #E56561 #EE9896 #F6CBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E56561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#E56561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56561

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56561	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4985E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.160 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3958e',
    500: '#e56561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56561;
$custom-light: #f3958e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66395,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56561

secondary

#BAE7E8

accent

#CED412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56561

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

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