#E3555C#E3555C

#E3555C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.177 H 20.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3555C
RGB	rgb(227, 85, 92)
HSL	hsl(357, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.6%, 59.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, 55.62, 25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 61.31, 24.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% 0.1652 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.177 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8623, 23.6055, 12.7383)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3555C #55E3DC

analogous

#E355A3 #E3555C #E39555

triadic

#E3555C #5CE355 #555CE3

tetradic

#E3555C #A3E355 #55E3DC #9555E3

square

#E3555C #A3E355 #55E3DC #9555E3

split-complementary

#E3555C #55E395 #55A3E3

monochromatic

#A31B22 #D7232C #E3555C #EC8A8E #F4BEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E3555C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#E3555C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E3555C

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3555C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3555C	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79735B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F83859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3555c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 85, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.177 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f28b8a',
    500: '#e3555c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3555c;
$custom-light: #f28b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3555c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.042,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6395,
    "c": 0.17664,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3555C

secondary

#AFE5E2

accent

#D4CA12

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3555C

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

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