#E55250#E55250

#E55250 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.183 H 24.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55250
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 56.79, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 65.37, 29.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.1665 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.183 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7821, 23.2769, 10.1439)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55250 #50E3E5

analogous

#E55099 #E55250 #E59C50

triadic

#E55250 #50E552 #5250E5

tetradic

#E55250 #99E550 #50E3E5 #9C50E5

square

#E55250 #99E550 #50E3E5 #9C50E5

split-complementary

#E55250 #50E59C #5099E5

monochromatic

#A21A18 #D82320 #E55250 #ED8785 #F5BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E55250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#E55250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55250

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55250	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)

#79714F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB2F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.183 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58a81',
    500: '#e55250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55250;
$custom-light: #f58a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.805,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63698,
    "c": 0.18314,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55250

secondary

#ACE4E5

accent

#D4D60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55250

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

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