#E56562#E56562

#E56562 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.160 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56562
RGB	rgb(229, 101, 98)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(1, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 49.53, 26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 56.17, 28.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% 0.1467 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.16 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1747, 26.8520, 14.6729)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56562 #62E2E5

analogous

#E562A1 #E56562 #E5A762

triadic

#E56562 #62E565 #6562E5

tetradic

#E56562 #A1E562 #62E2E5 #A762E5

square

#E56562 #A1E562 #62E2E5 #A762E5

split-complementary

#E56562 #62E5A7 #62A1E5

monochromatic

#B0201D #DC312D #E56562 #EE9997 #F6CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E56562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#E56562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56562

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56562	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)

#847D61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4985F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.160 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3958e',
    500: '#e56562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56562;
$custom-light: #f3958e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.374,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66413,
    "c": 0.16034,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56562

secondary

#BBE7E8

accent

#CFD412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56562

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

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