#E56F50#E56F50

#E56F50 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.154 H 35.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56F50
RGB	rgb(229, 111, 80)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.44, 43.50, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.44, 58.12, 41.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.125 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.154 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4490, 28.6108, 11.0329)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56F50 #50C6E5

analogous

#E5507B #E56F50 #E5B950

triadic

#E56F50 #50E56F #6F50E5

tetradic

#E56F50 #7BE550 #50C6E5 #B950E5

square

#E56F50 #7BE550 #50C6E5 #B950E5

split-complementary

#E56F50 #50E5B9 #507BE5

monochromatic

#A23518 #D84620 #E56F50 #ED9B85 #F5C7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#E56F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#E56F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56F50

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56F50	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E824D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 111, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.154 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39b82',
    500: '#e56f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56f50;
$custom-light: #f39b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.483,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67537,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56F50

secondary

#ACD9E5

accent

#ADD60F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56F50

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

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