#E56566#E56566

#E56566 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.160 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56566
RGB	rgb(229, 101, 102)
HSL	hsl(360, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(360, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, 49.83, 24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 55.44, 25.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.1483 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.16 22)
XYZ	xyz(39.3683, 26.9294, 15.6925)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56566 #65E5E4

analogous

#E565A6 #E56566 #E5A465

triadic

#E56566 #66E565 #6566E5

tetradic

#E56566 #A6E565 #65E5E4 #A465E5

square

#E56566 #A6E565 #65E5E4 #A465E5

split-complementary

#E56566 #65E5A4 #65A6E5

monochromatic

#B21E1F #DC3132 #E56566 #EE999A #F7CECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#E56566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#E56566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56566

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56566	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)

#847D65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95066

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.160 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39591',
    500: '#e56566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56566;
$custom-light: #f39591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.531,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66491,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.26925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56566

secondary

#BDE9E9

accent

#D3D212

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56566

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

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