#E56856#E56856

#E56856 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.159 H 30.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56856
RGB	rgb(229, 104, 86)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, 47.27, 33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 58.07, 35.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% 0.1377 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.159 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9466, 27.2353, 12.0083)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E56856 #56D3E5

analogous

#E5568C #E56856 #E5AF56

triadic

#E56856 #56E568 #6856E5

tetradic

#E56856 #8CE556 #56D3E5 #AF56E5

square

#E56856 #8CE556 #56D3E5 #AF56E5

split-complementary

#E56856 #56E5AF #568CE5

monochromatic

#A72B1A #DC3922 #E56856 #ED978B #F5C7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#E56856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#E56856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56856

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56856	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 104, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.159 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39686',
    500: '#e56856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56856;
$custom-light: #f39686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.552,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66619,
    "c": 0.15929,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56856

secondary

#B1DFE6

accent

#BDD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56856

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

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