#E56E59#E56E59

#E56E59 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.152 H 31.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56E59
RGB	rgb(229, 110, 89)
HSL	hsl(9, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 44.56, 33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 55.77, 36.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.1298 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.152 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.6956, 28.5359, 12.8668)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56E59 #59D0E5

analogous

#E5598A #E56E59 #E5B459

triadic

#E56E59 #59E56E #6E59E5

tetradic

#E56E59 #8AE559 #59D0E5 #B459E5

square

#E56E59 #8AE559 #59D0E5 #B459E5

split-complementary

#E56E59 #59E5B4 #598AE5

monochromatic

#A9301A #DD4024 #E56E59 #ED9C8E #F6CAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#E56E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#E56E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56E59

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56E59	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 110, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.152 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39a88',
    500: '#e56e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56e59;
$custom-light: #f39a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67527,
    "c": 0.15242,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56E59

secondary

#B3DFE6

accent

#B8D510

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2F0

border

#D7CCCB

text

#180E0B

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56E59

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

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