#E55159#E55159

#E55159 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.183 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55159
RGB	rgb(229, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 57.75, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 63.82, 25.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.1712 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.183 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0623, 23.2692, 11.9890)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55159 #51E5DD

analogous

#E551A3 #E55159 #E59351

triadic

#E55159 #59E551 #5159E5

tetradic

#E55159 #A3E551 #51E5DD #9351E5

square

#E55159 #A3E551 #51E5DD #9351E5

split-complementary

#E55159 #51E593 #51A3E5

monochromatic

#A31820 #D8202A #E55159 #ED868C #F5BBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E55159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#E55159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55159

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55159	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.183 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48987',
    500: '#e55159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55159;
$custom-light: #f48987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.757,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63739,
    "c": 0.18326,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55159

secondary

#ADE5E2

accent

#D6CB0F

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55159

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

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