#E5656E#E5656E

#E5656E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.159 H 18.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5656E
RGB	rgb(229, 101, 110)
HSL	hsl(356, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(356, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 52%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 50.47, 19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 54.25, 21.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% 0.1514 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.159 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7844, 27.0959, 17.8838)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5656E #65E5DC

analogous

#E565AE #E5656E #E59C65

triadic

#E5656E #6EE565 #656EE5

tetradic

#E5656E #AEE565 #65E5DC #9C65E5

square

#E5656E #AEE565 #65E5DC #9C65E5

split-complementary

#E5656E #65E59C #65AEE5

monochromatic

#B21E28 #DC313D #E5656E #EE999F #F7CED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#E5656E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#E5656E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5656E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5656E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5656E	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3986B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5656e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 101, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.159 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29597',
    500: '#e5656e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5656e;
$custom-light: #f29597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5656e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.781,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66657,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5656E

secondary

#BDE9E6

accent

#D3C612

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#180E0D

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5656E

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

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