#E05555#E05555

#E05555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.174 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05555
RGB	rgb(224, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 54.16, 28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 61.42, 28.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.1597 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.174 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6321, 23.0049, 11.1566)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05555 #55E0E0

analogous

#E0559A #E05555 #E09A55

triadic

#E05555 #55E055 #5555E0

tetradic

#E05555 #9AE055 #55E0E0 #9A55E0

square

#E05555 #9AE055 #55E0E0 #9A55E0

split-complementary

#E05555 #55E09A #559AE0

monochromatic

#9E1D1D #D22626 #E05555 #E98989 #F3BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E05555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E05555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05555

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05555	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.174 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18b85',
    500: '#e05555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05555;
$custom-light: #f18b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63357,
    "c": 0.17407,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05555

secondary

#AEE3E3

accent

#D1D114

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05555

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

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