#E5505C#E5505C

#E5505C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.184 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5505C
RGB	rgb(229, 80, 92)
HSL	hsl(355, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.1%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 58.35, 25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 63.59, 23.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.1736 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.184 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1171, 23.1731, 12.6415)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5505C #50E5D9

analogous

#E550A6 #E5505C #E58E50

triadic

#E5505C #5CE550 #505CE5

tetradic

#E5505C #A6E550 #50E5D9 #8E50E5

square

#E5505C #A6E550 #50E5D9 #8E50E5

split-complementary

#E5505C #50E58E #50A6E5

monochromatic

#A21823 #D8202F #E5505C #ED858E #F5BBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#E5505C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#E5505C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5505C

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5505C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5505C	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)

#76705B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5505c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 80, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.184 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4898a',
    500: '#e5505c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5505c;
$custom-light: #f4898a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5505c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.168,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63683,
    "c": 0.18415,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5505C

secondary

#ACE5E0

accent

#D6C60F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5505C

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

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