#E9556C#E9556C

#E9556C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.183 H 14.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9556C
RGB	rgb(233, 85, 108)
HSL	hsl(351, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 58.73, 18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 61.53, 17.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.21% 0.1768 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(65.21% 0.183 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5630, 24.9085, 16.9089)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9556C #55E9D2

analogous

#E955B6 #E9556C #E98855

triadic

#E9556C #6CE955 #556CE9

tetradic

#E9556C #B6E955 #55E9D2 #8855E9

square

#E9556C #B6E955 #55E9D2 #8855E9

split-complementary

#E9556C #55E988 #55B6E9

monochromatic

#AD162E #E21F3D #E9556C #F08B9B #F7C1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E9556C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#E9556C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E9556C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9556C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9556C	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78766C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9556c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 85, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.183 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68c95',
    500: '#e9556c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9556c;
$custom-light: #f68c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9556c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.676,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65207,
    "c": 0.18269,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9556C

secondary

#B2E8E0

accent

#D9B90C

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F1

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0D

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9556C

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

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