#E56C49#E56C49

#E56C49 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.159 H 36.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56C49
RGB	rgb(229, 108, 73)
HSL	hsl(13, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(13, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 44.57, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 60.91, 42.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.1271 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.159 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8819, 27.8690, 9.6338)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56C49 #49C2E5

analogous

#E54974 #E56C49 #E5BA49

triadic

#E56C49 #49E56C #6C49E5

tetradic

#E56C49 #74E549 #49C2E5 #BA49E5

square

#E56C49 #74E549 #49C2E5 #BA49E5

split-complementary

#E56C49 #49E5BA #4974E5

monochromatic

#9D3516 #D3471E #E56C49 #ED977F #F4C3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#E56C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#E56C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56C49

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56C49	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#8C8045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB5464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 108, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.159 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4997d',
    500: '#e56c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56c49;
$custom-light: #f4997d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.462,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67002,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56C49

secondary

#A6D6E3

accent

#C8F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56C49

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

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