#E56659#E56659

#E56659 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.161 H 28.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56659
RGB	rgb(229, 102, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(6, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.5%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, 48.42, 31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 57.85, 33.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% 0.1418 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.161 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8711, 26.8869, 12.5920)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56659 #59D8E5

analogous

#E55992 #E56659 #E5AC59

triadic

#E56659 #59E566 #6659E5

tetradic

#E56659 #92E559 #59D8E5 #AC59E5

square

#E56659 #92E559 #59D8E5 #AC59E5

split-complementary

#E56659 #59E5AC #5992E5

monochromatic

#A9281A #DD3524 #E56659 #ED978E #F6C8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#E56659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#E56659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56659

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56659	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)

#867D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA4E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 102, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.161 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39588',
    500: '#e56659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56659;
$custom-light: #f39588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6639,
    "c": 0.16074,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56659

secondary

#B3E2E6

accent

#C3D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56659

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

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