#E56859#E56859

#E56859 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.159 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56859
RGB	rgb(229, 104, 89)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(6, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.24, 47.47, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.24, 57.31, 34.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% 0.1389 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.159 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0700, 27.2847, 12.6583)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56859 #59D6E5

analogous

#E55990 #E56859 #E5AE59

triadic

#E56859 #59E568 #6859E5

tetradic

#E56859 #90E559 #59D6E5 #AE59E5

square

#E56859 #90E559 #59D6E5 #AE59E5

split-complementary

#E56859 #59E5AE #5990E5

monochromatic

#A92A1A #DD3824 #E56859 #ED988E #F6C8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#E56859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#E56859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56859

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56859	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5165

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 104, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.159 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39788',
    500: '#e56859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56859;
$custom-light: #f39788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66668,
    "c": 0.15863,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56859

secondary

#B3E1E6

accent

#C0D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56859

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

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