#E56A4A#E56A4A

#E56A4A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.161 H 35.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56A4A
RGB	rgb(229, 106, 74)
HSL	hsl(12, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 45.60, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 61.03, 41.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.1304 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.161 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7068, 27.4653, 9.7403)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56A4A #4AC5E5

analogous

#E54A78 #E56A4A #E5B84A

triadic

#E56A4A #4AE56A #6A4AE5

tetradic

#E56A4A #78E54A #4AC5E5 #B84AE5

square

#E56A4A #78E54A #4AC5E5 #B84AE5

split-complementary

#E56A4A #4AE5B8 #4A78E5

monochromatic

#9E3317 #D3441E #E56A4A #ED9680 #F4C2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E56A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#E56A4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56A4A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56A4A	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#8B7E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB5163

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 106, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.161 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4987d',
    500: '#e56a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56a4a;
$custom-light: #f4987d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.387,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66726,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56A4A

secondary

#A7D7E4

accent

#CBF136

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56A4A

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

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