#E56969#E56969

#E56969 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.155 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56969
RGB	rgb(229, 105, 105)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 54.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 48.17, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 53.64, 26.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% 0.1435 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.155 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9177, 27.7858, 16.6229)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56969 #69E5E5

analogous

#E569A7 #E56969 #E5A769

triadic

#E56969 #69E569 #6969E5

tetradic

#E56969 #A7E569 #69E5E5 #A769E5

square

#E56969 #A7E569 #69E5E5 #A769E5

split-complementary

#E56969 #69E5A7 #69A7E5

monochromatic

#B41F1F #DC3535 #E56969 #EE9D9D #F7D1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E56969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#E56969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56969

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56969	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59A66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 105, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.155 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29793',
    500: '#e56969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56969;
$custom-light: #f29793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67103,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56969

secondary

#C0EAEA

accent

#D2D213

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F1

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0D

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56969

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

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