#E55050#E55050

#E55050 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.185 H 24.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55050
RGB	rgb(229, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 57.62, 31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 65.90, 29.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.1691 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.185 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6335, 22.9797, 10.0944)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55050 #50E5E5

analogous

#E5509A #E55050 #E59A50

triadic

#E55050 #50E550 #5050E5

tetradic

#E55050 #9AE550 #50E5E5 #9A50E5

square

#E55050 #9AE550 #50E5E5 #9A50E5

split-complementary

#E55050 #50E59A #509AE5

monochromatic

#A21818 #D82020 #E55050 #ED8585 #F5BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E55050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E55050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55050

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55050	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78704F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.185 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58881',
    500: '#e55050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55050;
$custom-light: #f58881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6347,
    "c": 0.18515,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55050

secondary

#ACE5E5

accent

#D6D60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55050

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

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