#E25555#E25555

#E25555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.176 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E25555
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 54.83, 29.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 62.24, 28.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.1616 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.176 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2557, 23.3265, 11.1859)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E25555 #55E2E2

analogous

#E2559B #E25555 #E29B55

triadic

#E25555 #55E255 #5555E2

tetradic

#E25555 #9BE255 #55E2E2 #9B55E2

square

#E25555 #9BE255 #55E2E2 #9B55E2

split-complementary

#E25555 #55E29B #559BE2

monochromatic

#A11B1B #D52424 #E25555 #EB8989 #F4BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E25555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#E25555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E25555

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E25555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E25555	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e25555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.176 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28b85',
    500: '#e25555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e25555;
$custom-light: #f28b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e25555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63667,
    "c": 0.17622,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E25555

secondary

#AFE4E4

accent

#D3D313

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E25555

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

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