#E55056#E55056

#E55056 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.185 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55056
RGB	rgb(229, 80, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 57.97, 28.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 64.66, 26.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.1713 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.185 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8651, 23.0723, 11.3145)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55056 #50E5DF

analogous

#E550A0 #E55056 #E59450

triadic

#E55056 #56E550 #5056E5

tetradic

#E55056 #A0E550 #50E5DF #9450E5

square

#E55056 #A0E550 #50E5DF #9450E5

split-complementary

#E55056 #50E594 #50A0E5

monochromatic

#A2181E #D82027 #E55056 #ED8589 #F5BBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#E55056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#E55056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55056

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55056	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)

#777055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 80, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.185 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48985',
    500: '#e55056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55056;
$custom-light: #f48985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.584,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63572,
    "c": 0.18455,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55056

secondary

#ACE5E2

accent

#D6CE0F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55056

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

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