#E2556E#E2556E

#E2556E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.176 H 12.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2556E
RGB	rgb(226, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(349, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(349, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 51.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 56.65, 15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 58.72, 15.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% 0.1711 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.176 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4301, 23.7963, 17.3709)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2556E #55E2C9

analogous

#E255B4 #E2556E #E28255

triadic

#E2556E #6EE255 #556EE2

tetradic

#E2556E #B4E255 #55E2C9 #8255E2

square

#E2556E #B4E255 #55E2C9 #8255E2

split-complementary

#E2556E #55E282 #55B4E2

monochromatic

#A11B33 #D52444 #E2556E #EB899B #F4BEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E2556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E2556E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E2556E

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2556E	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75746E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A916B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F63E5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.176 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f18b97',
    500: '#e2556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2556e;
$custom-light: #f18b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.362,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64179,
    "c": 0.17555,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2556E

secondary

#AFE4DB

accent

#D3B113

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180C0D

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2556E

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

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