#E55055#E55055

#E55055 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.185 H 22.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55055
RGB	rgb(229, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 57.91, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 64.85, 26.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.171 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.185 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8251, 23.0563, 11.1038)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55055 #50E5E0

analogous

#E5509F #E55055 #E59650

triadic

#E55055 #55E550 #5055E5

tetradic

#E55055 #9FE550 #50E5E0 #9650E5

square

#E55055 #9FE550 #50E5E0 #9650E5

split-complementary

#E55055 #50E596 #509FE5

monochromatic

#A2181D #D82026 #E55055 #ED8589 #F5BBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E55055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E55055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55055

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55055	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.185 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48985',
    500: '#e55055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55055;
$custom-light: #f48985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.987,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63554,
    "c": 0.18463,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55055

secondary

#ACE5E3

accent

#D6D00F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55055

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

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