#E2555C#E2555C

#E2555C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.176 H 20.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2555C
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 92)
HSL	hsl(357, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 59.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 55.29, 25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 60.90, 24.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1642 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.176 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5477, 23.4433, 12.7236)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2555C #55E2DB

analogous

#E255A2 #E2555C #E29455

triadic

#E2555C #5CE255 #555CE2

tetradic

#E2555C #A2E255 #55E2DB #9455E2

square

#E2555C #A2E255 #55E2DB #9455E2

split-complementary

#E2555C #55E294 #55A2E2

monochromatic

#A11B22 #D5242D #E2555C #EB898E #F4BEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E2555C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#E2555C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2555C

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2555C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2555C	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79725B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2555c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.176 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28b8a',
    500: '#e2555c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2555c;
$custom-light: #f28b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2555c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.021,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63795,
    "c": 0.17556,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2555C

secondary

#AFE4E1

accent

#D3C913

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2555C

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

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