#E56A59#E56A59

#E56A59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.157 H 29.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56A59
RGB	rgb(229, 106, 89)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(7, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, 46.51, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 56.78, 35.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.1359 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.157 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2738, 27.6921, 12.7262)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56A59 #59D4E5

analogous

#E5598E #E56A59 #E5B059

triadic

#E56A59 #59E56A #6A59E5

tetradic

#E56A59 #8EE559 #59D4E5 #B059E5

square

#E56A59 #8EE559 #59D4E5 #B059E5

split-complementary

#E56A59 #59E5B0 #598EE5

monochromatic

#A92C1A #DD3B24 #E56A59 #ED998E #F6C9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#E56A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#E56A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56A59

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56A59	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 106, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.157 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39888',
    500: '#e56a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56a59;
$custom-light: #f39888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6695,
    "c": 0.15654,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56A59

secondary

#B3E0E6

accent

#BDD510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56A59

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

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