#E56A51#E56A51

#E56A51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.159 H 33.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56A51
RGB	rgb(229, 106, 81)
HSL	hsl(10, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(10, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 46.00, 36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 58.95, 38.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.1329 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.159 33)
XYZ	xyz(38.9559, 27.5650, 11.0521)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56A51 #51CCE5

analogous

#E55182 #E56A51 #E5B451

triadic

#E56A51 #51E56A #6A51E5

tetradic

#E56A51 #82E551 #51CCE5 #B451E5

square

#E56A51 #82E551 #51CCE5 #B451E5

split-complementary

#E56A51 #51E5B4 #5182E5

monochromatic

#A33018 #D83F20 #E56A51 #ED9886 #F5C5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E56A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#E56A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56A51

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56A51	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8994E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 106, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.159 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49882',
    500: '#e56a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56a51;
$custom-light: #f49882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.135,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66825,
    "c": 0.15854,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.2756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56A51

secondary

#ADDBE5

accent

#B5D60F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56A51

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

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