#E2555E#E2555E

#E2555E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.175 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2555E
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 58.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 55.43, 24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 60.57, 23.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.165 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.175 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6363, 23.4787, 13.1901)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2555E #55E2D9

analogous

#E255A4 #E2555E #E29255

triadic

#E2555E #5EE255 #555EE2

tetradic

#E2555E #A4E255 #55E2D9 #9255E2

square

#E2555E #A4E255 #55E2D9 #9255E2

split-complementary

#E2555E #55E292 #55A4E2

monochromatic

#A11B24 #D52430 #E2555E #EB8990 #F4BEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E2555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#E2555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2555E

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2555E	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)

#78725D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C905A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F73959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.175 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28b8b',
    500: '#e2555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2555e;
$custom-light: #f28b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.17,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63834,
    "c": 0.17544,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2555E

secondary

#AFE4E1

accent

#D3C713

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2555E

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

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