#E56E48#E56E48

#E56E48 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.157 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56E48
RGB	rgb(229, 110, 72)
HSL	hsl(15, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, 43.54, 42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 60.83, 44.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% 0.1237 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.157 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0624, 28.2826, 9.5317)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56E48 #48BFE5

analogous

#E54871 #E56E48 #E5BD48

triadic

#E56E48 #48E56E #6E48E5

tetradic

#E56E48 #71E548 #48BFE5 #BD48E5

square

#E56E48 #71E548 #48BFE5 #BD48E5

split-complementary

#E56E48 #48E5BD #4871E5

monochromatic

#9C3716 #D2491E #E56E48 #ED987E #F4C3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#E56E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#E56E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56E48

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56E48	1.00	3.16	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5665

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 110, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.157 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f49a7c',
    500: '#e56e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56e48;
$custom-light: #f49a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.522,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67282,
    "c": 0.15746,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56E48

secondary

#A6D4E3

accent

#C4F236

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2EE

border

#D7CCC9

text

#180E09

muted

#867E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56E48

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