#E56B56#E56B56

#E56B56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.156 H 31.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56B56
RGB	rgb(229, 107, 86)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, 45.83, 34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 57.32, 36.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% 0.1332 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.156 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2540, 27.8501, 12.1108)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56B56 #56D0E5

analogous

#E55689 #E56B56 #E5B356

triadic

#E56B56 #56E56B #6B56E5

tetradic

#E56B56 #89E556 #56D0E5 #B356E5

square

#E56B56 #89E556 #56D0E5 #B356E5

split-complementary

#E56B56 #56E5B3 #5689E5

monochromatic

#A72E1A #DC3D22 #E56B56 #ED998B #F5C8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E56B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#E56B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56B56

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56B56	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)

#8A8054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 107, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.156 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39886',
    500: '#e56b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56b56;
$custom-light: #f39886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.811,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67044,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56B56

secondary

#B1DEE6

accent

#B8D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56B56

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

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