#D55E55#D55E55

#D55E55 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.152 H 26.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D55E55
RGB	rgb(213, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 46.22, 28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 54.22, 31.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.1359 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.152 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0859, 22.8115, 11.2533)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D55E55 #55CCD5

analogous

#D5558C #D55E55 #D59E55

triadic

#D55E55 #55D55E #5E55D5

tetradic

#D55E55 #8CD555 #55CCD5 #9E55D5

square

#D55E55 #8CD555 #55CCD5 #9E55D5

split-complementary

#D55E55 #55D59E #558CD5

monochromatic

#8D2A23 #BE392F #D55E55 #E18C86 #EDBBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#D55E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#D55E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D55E55

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D55E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D55E55	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d55e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.152 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e88f85',
    500: '#d55e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d55e55;
$custom-light: #e88f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d55e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.219,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62867,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D55E55

secondary

#A9D9DC

accent

#D8E444

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FEF1EF

border

#D6CBCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D55E55

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

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