#E0555E#E0555E

#E0555E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.173 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E0555E
RGB	rgb(224, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 58%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 54.76, 23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 59.76, 23.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% 0.1631 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.173 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0126, 23.1572, 13.1609)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E0555E #55E0D7

analogous

#E055A3 #E0555E #E09155

triadic

#E0555E #5EE055 #555EE0

tetradic

#E0555E #A3E055 #55E0D7 #9155E0

square

#E0555E #A3E055 #55E0D7 #9155E0

split-complementary

#E0555E #55E091 #55A3E0

monochromatic

#9E1D25 #D22631 #E0555E #E9898F #F3BDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E0555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#E0555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E0555E

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E0555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E0555E	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F53A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e0555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.173 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f08b8b',
    500: '#e0555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e0555e;
$custom-light: #f08b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e0555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.115,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63525,
    "c": 0.1733,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E0555E

secondary

#AEE3DF

accent

#D1C514

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E0555E

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

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