#FF5E56#FF5E56

#FF5E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.198 H 26.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF5E56
RGB	rgb(255, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(3, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.1%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, 60.68, 37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 71.39, 31.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% 0.1769 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.198 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9272, 29.9438, 12.1110)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF5E56 #56F7FF

analogous

#FF56A3 #FF5E56 #FFB256

triadic

#FF5E56 #56FF5E #5E56FF

tetradic

#FF5E56 #A3FF56 #56F7FF #B256FF

square

#FF5E56 #A3FF56 #56F7FF #B256FF

split-complementary

#FF5E56 #56FFB2 #56A3FF

monochromatic

#DB0A00 #FF2419 #FF5E56 #FF9893 #FFD3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#FF5E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#FF5E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #FF5E56

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF5E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF5E56	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF385D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff5e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.198 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff9386',
    500: '#ff5e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff5e56;
$custom-light: #ff9386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff5e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.84,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69229,
    "c": 0.19751,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF5E56

secondary

#BDF1F3

accent

#DBE600

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FFF2EF

border

#D7CCCA

text

#1A0E0B

muted

#877E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF5E56

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

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