#E05556#E05556

#E05556 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.174 H 23.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E05556
RGB	rgb(224, 85, 86)
HSL	hsl(360, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(360, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 54.22, 28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 61.21, 27.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.16 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.174 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6721, 23.0209, 11.3673)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E05556 #55E0DF

analogous

#E0559C #E05556 #E09955

triadic

#E05556 #56E055 #5556E0

tetradic

#E05556 #9CE055 #55E0DF #9955E0

square

#E05556 #9CE055 #55E0DF #9955E0

split-complementary

#E05556 #55E099 #559CE0

monochromatic

#9E1D1E #D22627 #E05556 #E98989 #F3BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E05556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E05556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E05556

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E05556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E05556	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)

#797155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e05556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.174 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b85',
    500: '#e05556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e05556;
$custom-light: #f08b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e05556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.568,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E05556

secondary

#AEE3E2

accent

#D1D014

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E05556

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

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