#E35555#E35555

#E35555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.177 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E35555
RGB	rgb(227, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 55.16, 29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 62.65, 28.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.1625 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.177 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5703, 23.4887, 11.2006)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E35555 #55E3E3

analogous

#E3559C #E35555 #E39C55

triadic

#E35555 #55E355 #5555E3

tetradic

#E35555 #9CE355 #55E3E3 #9C55E3

square

#E35555 #9CE355 #55E3E3 #9C55E3

split-complementary

#E35555 #55E39C #559CE3

monochromatic

#A31B1B #D72323 #E35555 #EC8A8A #F4BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E35555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#E35555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E35555

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E35555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E35555	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e35555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.177 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38b85',
    500: '#e35555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e35555;
$custom-light: #f38b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e35555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63823,
    "c": 0.17729,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E35555

secondary

#AFE5E5

accent

#D4D412

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E35555

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

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