#E56A56#E56A56

#E56A56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.157 H 31.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56A56
RGB	rgb(229, 106, 86)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 46.31, 34.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 57.57, 36.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% 0.1347 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.157 31)
XYZ	xyz(39.1503, 27.6428, 12.0762)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56A56 #56D1E5

analogous

#E5568A #E56A56 #E5B256

triadic

#E56A56 #56E56A #6A56E5

tetradic

#E56A56 #8AE556 #56D1E5 #B256E5

square

#E56A56 #8AE556 #56D1E5 #B256E5

split-complementary

#E56A56 #56E5B2 #568AE5

monochromatic

#A72D1A #DC3C22 #E56A56 #ED998B #F5C8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#E56A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#E56A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56A56

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56A56	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 106, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.157 31.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39886',
    500: '#e56a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56a56;
$custom-light: #f39886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.392,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66901,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.27638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56A56

secondary

#B1DEE6

accent

#BAD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56A56

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

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