#E56C55#E56C55

#E56C55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.155 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56C55
RGB	rgb(229, 108, 85)
HSL	hsl(10, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(10, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, 45.28, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 57.35, 37.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% 0.1314 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.155 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3188, 28.0438, 11.9350)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56C55 #55CEE5

analogous

#E55586 #E56C55 #E5B455

triadic

#E56C55 #55E56C #6C55E5

tetradic

#E56C55 #86E555 #55CEE5 #B455E5

square

#E56C55 #86E555 #55CEE5 #B455E5

split-complementary

#E56C55 #55E5B4 #5586E5

monochromatic

#A63019 #DB3F22 #E56C55 #ED9A8A #F5C8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#E56C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#E56C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56C55

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56C55	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)

#8B8052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 108, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.155 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39985',
    500: '#e56c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56c55;
$custom-light: #f39985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67173,
    "c": 0.15549,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56C55

secondary

#B0DDE6

accent

#B6D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56C55

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

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