#E56E55#E56E55

#E56E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.153 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56E55
RGB	rgb(229, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(10, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(10, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, 44.30, 35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 56.87, 38.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.1283 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.154 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5322, 28.4705, 12.0061)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56E55 #55CCE5

analogous

#E55584 #E56E55 #E5B655

triadic

#E56E55 #55E56E #6E55E5

tetradic

#E56E55 #84E555 #55CCE5 #B655E5

square

#E56E55 #84E555 #55CCE5 #B655E5

split-complementary

#E56E55 #55E5B6 #5584E5

monochromatic

#A63219 #DB4222 #E56E55 #ED9B8A #F5C9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#E56E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#E56E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56E55

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56E55	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.153 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39a85',
    500: '#e56e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56e55;
$custom-light: #f39a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.417,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67464,
    "c": 0.1535,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56E55

secondary

#B0DCE6

accent

#B3D610

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56E55

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

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