#E56F51#E56F51

#E56F51 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.154 H 35.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E56F51
RGB	rgb(229, 111, 81)
HSL	hsl(12, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, 43.56, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 57.82, 41.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% 0.1253 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.154 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4863, 28.6257, 11.2289)
Luminance	0.2862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E56F51 #51C7E5

analogous

#E5517D #E56F51 #E5B951

triadic

#E56F51 #51E56F #6F51E5

tetradic

#E56F51 #7DE551 #51C7E5 #B951E5

square

#E56F51 #7DE551 #51C7E5 #B951E5

split-complementary

#E56F51 #51E5B9 #517DE5

monochromatic

#A33518 #D84620 #E56F51 #ED9B86 #F5C7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#E56F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#E56F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E56F51

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E56F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E56F51	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)

#8E824E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA5868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e56f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 111, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.154 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f39b82',
    500: '#e56f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e56f51;
$custom-light: #f39b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e56f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.162,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67551,
    "c": 0.15371,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E56F51

secondary

#ADDAE5

accent

#AED60F

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#180E0A

muted

#867E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E56F51

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

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