#E55051#E55051

#E55051 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.185 H 23.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55051
RGB	rgb(229, 80, 81)
HSL	hsl(360, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(360, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 57.67, 31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 65.68, 28.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.1695 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.185 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6707, 22.9945, 10.2904)
Luminance	0.2299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55051 #50E5E4

analogous

#E5509C #E55051 #E59950

triadic

#E55051 #51E550 #5051E5

tetradic

#E55051 #9CE550 #50E5E4 #9950E5

square

#E55051 #9CE550 #50E5E4 #9950E5

split-complementary

#E55051 #50E599 #509CE5

monochromatic

#A21819 #D82021 #E55051 #ED8586 #F5BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#E55051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#E55051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55051

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55051	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)

#787050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 80, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.185 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58982',
    500: '#e55051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55051;
$custom-light: #f58982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.597,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63486,
    "c": 0.18504,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55051

secondary

#ACE5E4

accent

#D6D50F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55051

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

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