#E9556E#E9556E

#E9556E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.183 H 13.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9556E
RGB	rgb(233, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(350, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(350, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 58.89, 17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 61.35, 16.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.25% 0.1776 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(65.25% 0.183 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6706, 24.9515, 17.4759)
Luminance	0.2495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9556E #55E9D0

analogous

#E955B8 #E9556E #E98655

triadic

#E9556E #6EE955 #556EE9

tetradic

#E9556E #B8E955 #55E9D0 #8655E9

square

#E9556E #B8E955 #55E9D0 #8655E9

split-complementary

#E9556E #55E986 #55B8E9

monochromatic

#AD1630 #E21F40 #E9556E #F08B9C #F7C1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#E9556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#E9556E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E9556E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9556E	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78766E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E946A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE3B5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.183 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f68c97',
    500: '#e9556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9556e;
$custom-light: #f68c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.865,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65252,
    "c": 0.18279,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9556E

secondary

#B2E8DF

accent

#D9B70C

background

#FFF9F9

surface

#FFF1F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0D

muted

#867E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9556E

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

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