#E56955#E56955

#E56955 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.159 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56955
RGB	rgb(229, 105, 85)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 46.73, 34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 58.09, 36.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.1359 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.159 31)
XYZ	xyz(39.0079, 27.4219, 11.8314)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56955 #55D1E5

analogous

#E55589 #E56955 #E5B155

triadic

#E56955 #55E569 #6955E5

tetradic

#E56955 #89E555 #55D1E5 #B155E5

square

#E56955 #89E555 #55D1E5 #B155E5

split-complementary

#E56955 #55E5B1 #5589E5

monochromatic

#A62D19 #DB3B22 #E56955 #ED988A #F5C7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E56955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#E56955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56955

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56955	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 105, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.159 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39785',
    500: '#e56955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56955;
$custom-light: #f39785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66744,
    "c": 0.15851,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.27417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56955

secondary

#B0DEE6

accent

#BAD610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56955

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

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