#D55E56#D55E56

#D55E56 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.152 H 26.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D55E56
RGB	rgb(213, 94, 86)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 46.29, 27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 53.99, 30.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.1363 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.152 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1259, 22.8275, 11.4640)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D55E56 #56CDD5

analogous

#D5568D #D55E56 #D59D56

triadic

#D55E56 #56D55E #5E56D5

tetradic

#D55E56 #8DD556 #56CDD5 #9D56D5

square

#D55E56 #8DD556 #56CDD5 #9D56D5

split-complementary

#D55E56 #56D59D #568DD5

monochromatic

#8D2A23 #BE382F #D55E56 #E18D87 #EDBBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#D55E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#D55E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #D55E56

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D55E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D55E56	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#7C7455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d55e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 94, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.152 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e88f85',
    500: '#d55e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d55e56;
$custom-light: #e88f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d55e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.78,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62885,
    "c": 0.15189,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D55E56

secondary

#AAD9DD

accent

#D9E344

background

#FFF9F8

surface

#FEF1EF

border

#D6CBCA

text

#170D0B

muted

#857E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D55E56

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

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