#E56A55#E56A55

#E56A55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.157 H 31.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56A55
RGB	rgb(229, 106, 85)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, 46.25, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 57.84, 36.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% 0.1344 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.157 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1103, 27.6268, 11.8655)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56A55 #55D0E5

analogous

#E55588 #E56A55 #E5B255

triadic

#E56A55 #55E56A #6A55E5

tetradic

#E56A55 #88E555 #55D0E5 #B255E5

square

#E56A55 #88E555 #55D0E5 #B255E5

split-complementary

#E56A55 #55E5B2 #5588E5

monochromatic

#A62E19 #DB3D22 #E56A55 #ED998A #F5C7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E56A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#E56A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56A55

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56A55	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 106, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.157 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39885',
    500: '#e56a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56a55;
$custom-light: #f39885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66886,
    "c": 0.15749,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56A55

secondary

#B0DEE6

accent

#B9D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56A55

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

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