#E35553#E35553

#E35553 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.178 H 24.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35553
RGB	rgb(227, 85, 83)
HSL	hsl(1, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 63.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 55.04, 30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 63.07, 29.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.1617 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.178 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4920, 23.4574, 10.7881)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35553 #53E1E3

analogous

#E35399 #E35553 #E39D53

triadic

#E35553 #53E355 #5553E3

tetradic

#E35553 #99E353 #53E1E3 #9D53E3

square

#E35553 #99E353 #53E1E3 #9D53E3

split-complementary

#E35553 #53E39D #5399E3

monochromatic

#A11C1A #D62523 #E35553 #EC8988 #F4BDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E35553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#E35553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35553

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35553	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)

#7A7252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 85, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.178 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b83',
    500: '#e35553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35553;
$custom-light: #f38b83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.833,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35553

secondary

#AEE3E4

accent

#D1D411

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35553

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

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