#E56656#E56656

#E56656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.161 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56656
RGB	rgb(229, 102, 86)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(7, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, 48.23, 33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 58.59, 34.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.1407 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.161 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7477, 26.8375, 11.9420)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56656 #56D5E5

analogous

#E5568E #E56656 #E5AD56

triadic

#E56656 #56E566 #6656E5

tetradic

#E56656 #8EE556 #56D5E5 #AD56E5

square

#E56656 #8EE556 #56D5E5 #AD56E5

split-complementary

#E56656 #56E5AD #568EE5

monochromatic

#A7291A #DC3722 #E56656 #ED968B #F5C6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#E56656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#E56656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56656

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56656	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)

#867D54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 102, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.161 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49586',
    500: '#e56656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56656;
$custom-light: #f49586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.713,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6634,
    "c": 0.16136,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56656

secondary

#B1E0E6

accent

#BFD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56656

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

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