#FF5656#FF5656

#FF5656 is a light, highly saturated red. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.205 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF5656
RGB	rgb(255, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.3%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 63.88, 36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 73.41, 29.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.187 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.205 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2523, 28.5941, 11.8860)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF5656 #56FFFF

analogous

#FF56AB #FF5656 #FFAB56

triadic

#FF5656 #56FF56 #5656FF

tetradic

#FF5656 #ABFF56 #56FFFF #AB56FF

square

#FF5656 #ABFF56 #56FFFF #AB56FF

split-complementary

#FF5656 #56FFAB #56ABFF

monochromatic

#DB0000 #FF1919 #FF5656 #FF9393 #FFD0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#FF5656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#FF5656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF5656

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF5656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF5656	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	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)

#847B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF2958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff5656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.205 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff8e86',
    500: '#ff5656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff5656;
$custom-light: #ff8e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff5656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68342,
    "c": 0.20526,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF5656

secondary

#BDF3F3

accent

#E5E600

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF1EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#1A0D0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF5656

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

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