#E56956#E56956

#E56956 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.158 H 30.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56956
RGB	rgb(229, 105, 86)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 46.79, 33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 57.82, 35.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.1362 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.158 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0479, 27.4379, 12.0421)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56956 #56D2E5

analogous

#E5568B #E56956 #E5B156

triadic

#E56956 #56E569 #6956E5

tetradic

#E56956 #8BE556 #56D2E5 #B156E5

square

#E56956 #8BE556 #56D2E5 #B156E5

split-complementary

#E56956 #56E5B1 #568BE5

monochromatic

#A72C1A #DC3B22 #E56956 #ED988B #F5C7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#E56956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E56956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56956

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56956	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 105, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.158 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39786',
    500: '#e56956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56956;
$custom-light: #f39786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.972,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6676,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56956

secondary

#B1DFE6

accent

#BBD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56956

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

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