#E56A62#E56A62

#E56A62 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.155 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56A62
RGB	rgb(229, 106, 98)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(4, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 47.15, 27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 54.67, 30.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.1393 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.155 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6750, 27.8526, 14.8397)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56A62 #62DDE5

analogous

#E5629C #E56A62 #E5AC62

triadic

#E56A62 #62E56A #6A62E5

tetradic

#E56A62 #9CE562 #62DDE5 #AC62E5

square

#E56A62 #9CE562 #62DDE5 #AC62E5

split-complementary

#E56A62 #62E5AC #629CE5

monochromatic

#B0261D #DC382D #E56A62 #EE9C97 #F6CECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E56A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#E56A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56A62

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56A62	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)

#888061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 106, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.155 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3988e',
    500: '#e56a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56a62;
$custom-light: #f3988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.664,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67108,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56A62

secondary

#BBE5E8

accent

#C8D412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56A62

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

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