#E56855#E56855

#E56855 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.160 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56855
RGB	rgb(229, 104, 85)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, 47.21, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 58.34, 35.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.6% 0.1374 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(66.6% 0.16 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9066, 27.2193, 11.7976)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56855 #55D2E5

analogous

#E5558A #E56855 #E5B055

triadic

#E56855 #55E568 #6855E5

tetradic

#E56855 #8AE555 #55D2E5 #B055E5

square

#E56855 #8AE555 #55D2E5 #B055E5

split-complementary

#E56855 #55E5B0 #558AE5

monochromatic

#A62C19 #DB3A22 #E56855 #ED978A #F5C6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E56855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#E56855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56855

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56855	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 104, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.160 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49685',
    500: '#e56855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56855;
$custom-light: #f49685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66603,
    "c": 0.15953,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56855

secondary

#B0DFE6

accent

#BBD610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56855

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

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