#E56E56#E56E56

#E56E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.153 H 32.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56E56
RGB	rgb(229, 110, 86)
HSL	hsl(10, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(10, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, 44.36, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 56.59, 38.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.1287 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.153 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5722, 28.4865, 12.2168)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56E56 #56CDE5

analogous

#E55686 #E56E56 #E5B656

triadic

#E56E56 #56E56E #6E56E5

tetradic

#E56E56 #86E556 #56CDE5 #B656E5

square

#E56E56 #86E556 #56CDE5 #B656E5

split-complementary

#E56E56 #56E5B6 #5686E5

monochromatic

#A7311A #DC4122 #E56E56 #ED9C8B #F5C9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#E56E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#E56E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56E56

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56E56	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9B54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 110, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.153 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39a86',
    500: '#e56e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56e56;
$custom-light: #f39a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.07,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67479,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56E56

secondary

#B1DDE6

accent

#B4D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56E56

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

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