#E56C5C#E56C5C
#E56C5C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.154 H 29.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E56C5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 108, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(7, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(7, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 59.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(60.03, 45.74, 31.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(60.03, 55.50, 34.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.29% 0.134 0.0755) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.29% 0.154 29.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(39.6108, 28.1606, 13.4727) |
| Luminance | 0.2816 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Coral (survey)
#FC5A50
ΔE00 4.55
Grapefruit
#FD5956
ΔE00 5.02
Salmon (survey)
#FF796C
ΔE00 5.72
Coral Pink
#FF6163
ΔE00 5.79
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 5.80
Tomato
#FF6347
ΔE00 5.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E56C5C #5CD5E5
analogous
#E55C91 #E56C5C #E5B05C
triadic
#E56C5C #5CE56C #6C5CE5
tetradic
#E56C5C #91E55C #5CD5E5 #B05CE5
square
#E56C5C #91E55C #5CD5E5 #B05CE5
split-complementary
#E56C5C #5CE5B0 #5C91E5
monochromatic
#AB2C1B #DD3C27 #E56C5C #ED9C91 #F6CBC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.17
#E56C5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.63
#E56C5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #E56C5C
6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E56C5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E56C5C | 1.00 | 3.17 | 6.63 | 6.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#8A815A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A89A59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA5669
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e56c5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 108, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.154 29.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3998a',
500: '#e56c5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e56c5c; $custom-light: #f3998a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e56c5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 108,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 7.007,
"s": 72.487,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67287,
"c": 0.15376,
"h": 29.4
},
"luminance": 0.28156
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E56C5C
secondary
#B6E1E7
accent
#BED511
background
#FFF9F8
surface
#FFF2F0
border
#D7CCCB
text
#180E0B
muted
#867E7C