#E55156#E55156

#E55156 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.183 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55156
RGB	rgb(229, 81, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, 57.56, 28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 64.38, 26.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.17 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.184 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9389, 23.2198, 11.3391)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55156 #51E5E0

analogous

#E551A0 #E55156 #E59651

triadic

#E55156 #56E551 #5156E5

tetradic

#E55156 #A0E551 #51E5E0 #9651E5

square

#E55156 #A0E551 #51E5E0 #9651E5

split-complementary

#E55156 #51E596 #51A0E5

monochromatic

#A3181D #D82027 #E55156 #ED868A #F5BBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#E55156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#E55156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55156

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55156	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 81, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.183 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48985',
    500: '#e55156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55156;
$custom-light: #f48985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.973,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63685,
    "c": 0.1835,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55156

secondary

#ADE5E3

accent

#D6CF0F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55156

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

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