#E56C45#E56C45

#E56C45 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.160 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56C45
RGB	rgb(229, 108, 69)
HSL	hsl(15, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 69.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, 44.37, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 62.19, 44.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.1257 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.16 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7535, 27.8177, 8.9577)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56C45 #45BEE5

analogous

#E5456E #E56C45 #E5BC45

triadic

#E56C45 #45E56C #6C45E5

tetradic

#E56C45 #6EE545 #45BEE5 #BC45E5

square

#E56C45 #6EE545 #45BEE5 #BC45E5

split-complementary

#E56C45 #45E5BC #456EE5

monochromatic

#9A3616 #D0491D #E56C45 #ED967B #F4C1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#E56C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#E56C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56C45

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56C45	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB5363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 108, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.160 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4997a',
    500: '#e56c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56c45;
$custom-light: #f4997a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.625,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66951,
    "c": 0.16019,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56C45

secondary

#A3D3E3

accent

#C4F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56C45

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

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