#E56565#E56565

#E56565 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.160 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56565
RGB	rgb(229, 101, 101)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 49.75, 24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 55.61, 26.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% 0.1479 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.16 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3190, 26.9097, 15.4329)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56565 #65E5E5

analogous

#E565A5 #E56565 #E5A565

triadic

#E56565 #65E565 #6565E5

tetradic

#E56565 #A5E565 #65E5E5 #A565E5

square

#E56565 #A5E565 #65E5E5 #A565E5

split-complementary

#E56565 #65E5A5 #65A5E5

monochromatic

#B21E1E #DC3131 #E56565 #EE9999 #F7CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#E56565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#E56565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56565

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56565	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847D64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F94F66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.160 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39591',
    500: '#e56565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56565;
$custom-light: #f39591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66471,
    "c": 0.15997,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56565

secondary

#BDE9E9

accent

#D3D312

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56565

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

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