#E5505A#E5505A

#E5505A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.184 H 20.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5505A
RGB	rgb(229, 80, 90)
HSL	hsl(356, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 58.22, 26.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 63.93, 24.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.1729 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.184 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0308, 23.1386, 12.1871)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5505A #50E5DB

analogous

#E550A4 #E5505A #E59050

triadic

#E5505A #5AE550 #505AE5

tetradic

#E5505A #A4E550 #50E5DB #9050E5

square

#E5505A #A4E550 #50E5DB #9050E5

split-complementary

#E5505A #50E590 #50A4E5

monochromatic

#A21821 #D8202C #E5505A #ED858C #F5BBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E5505A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#E5505A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5505A

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5505A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5505A	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5505a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 80, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.184 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48988',
    500: '#e5505a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5505a;
$custom-light: #f48988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5505a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.973,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63645,
    "c": 0.18426,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5505A

secondary

#ACE5E1

accent

#D6C90F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5505A

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

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