#E5505B#E5505B

#E5505B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.184 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5505B
RGB	rgb(229, 80, 91)
HSL	hsl(356, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 58.29, 25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 63.76, 23.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.1732 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.184 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0737, 23.1557, 12.4128)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5505B #50E5DA

analogous

#E550A6 #E5505B #E58F50

triadic

#E5505B #5BE550 #505BE5

tetradic

#E5505B #A6E550 #50E5DA #8F50E5

square

#E5505B #A6E550 #50E5DA #8F50E5

split-complementary

#E5505B #50E58F #50A6E5

monochromatic

#A21822 #D8202E #E5505B #ED858D #F5BBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E5505B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#E5505B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5505B

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5505B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5505B	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)

#76705A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA2F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5505b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 80, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.184 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48989',
    500: '#e5505b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5505b;
$custom-light: #f48989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5505b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.57,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63664,
    "c": 0.1842,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5505B

secondary

#ACE5E1

accent

#D6C80F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5505B

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

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