#E56A61#E56A61

#E56A61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.155 H 26.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56A61
RGB	rgb(229, 106, 97)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 47.07, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 54.89, 30.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% 0.1389 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.155 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6281, 27.8339, 14.5926)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56A61 #61DCE5

analogous

#E5619A #E56A61 #E5AC61

triadic

#E56A61 #61E56A #6A61E5

tetradic

#E56A61 #9AE561 #61DCE5 #AC61E5

square

#E56A61 #9AE561 #61DCE5 #AC61E5

split-complementary

#E56A61 #61E5AC #619AE5

monochromatic

#AF271D #DC382C #E56A61 #EE9C96 #F6CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E56A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#E56A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56A61

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56A61	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 106, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.155 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3988e',
    500: '#e56a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56a61;
$custom-light: #f3988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67089,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56A61

secondary

#BAE5E8

accent

#C7D412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56A61

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

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