#E55172#E55172

#E55172 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.184 H 10.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55172
RGB	rgb(229, 81, 114)
HSL	hsl(347, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(347, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 59.60, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 61.03, 12.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.1807 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.184 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2960, 23.7627, 18.4863)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55172 #51E5C4

analogous

#E551BC #E55172 #E57A51

triadic

#E55172 #72E551 #5172E5

tetradic

#E55172 #BCE551 #51E5C4 #7A51E5

square

#E55172 #BCE551 #51E5C4 #7A51E5

split-complementary

#E55172 #51E57A #51BCE5

monochromatic

#A31837 #D82049 #E55172 #ED869D #F5BBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E55172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E55172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55172

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55172	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99916E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9385E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 81, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.184 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38a9a',
    500: '#e55172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55172;
$custom-light: #f38a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.622,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64276,
    "c": 0.18378,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55172

secondary

#ADE5D8

accent

#D6AA0F

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180C0E

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55172

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

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