#E56B61#E56B61

#E56B61 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.154 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56B61
RGB	rgb(229, 107, 97)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(5, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 46.59, 28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 54.60, 31.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.1374 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.154 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7318, 28.0412, 14.6271)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56B61 #61DBE5

analogous

#E56199 #E56B61 #E5AD61

triadic

#E56B61 #61E56B #6B61E5

tetradic

#E56B61 #99E561 #61DBE5 #AD61E5

square

#E56B61 #99E561 #61DBE5 #AD61E5

split-complementary

#E56B61 #61E5AD #6199E5

monochromatic

#AF281D #DC3A2C #E56B61 #EE9C96 #F6CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#E56B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#E56B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56B61

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56B61	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F95669

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 107, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.154 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3988e',
    500: '#e56b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56b61;
$custom-light: #f3988e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.545,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67231,
    "c": 0.1538,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56B61

secondary

#BAE5E8

accent

#C5D412

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0C

muted

#867E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56B61

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

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