#E56D79#E56D79

#E56D79 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.149 H 15.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56D79
RGB	rgb(229, 109, 121)
HSL	hsl(354, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(354, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.4%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 47.63, 15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 50.21, 18.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.1436 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.149 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2358, 28.9803, 21.5076)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56D79 #6DE5D9

analogous

#E56DB5 #E56D79 #E59D6D

triadic

#E56D79 #79E56D #6D79E5

tetradic

#E56D79 #B5E56D #6DE5D9 #9D6DE5

square

#E56D79 #B5E56D #6DE5D9 #9D6DE5

split-complementary

#E56D79 #6DE59D #6DB5E5

monochromatic

#B72130 #DC3949 #E56D79 #EEA1A9 #F8D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#E56D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#E56D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56D79

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56D79	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F85D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 109, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.149 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f29a9f',
    500: '#e56d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56d79;
$custom-light: #f29a9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68016,
    "c": 0.14922,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56D79

secondary

#C3EAE7

accent

#D2BF14

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF2F2

border

#D7CCCC

text

#170E0E

muted

#857E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56D79

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

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