#E55251#E55251

#E55251 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.183 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55251
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 56.85, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 65.14, 29.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% 0.1669 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.183 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8193, 23.2918, 10.3399)
Luminance	0.2329 (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

#E55251 #51E4E5

analogous

#E5519A #E55251 #E59C51

triadic

#E55251 #51E552 #5251E5

tetradic

#E55251 #9AE551 #51E4E5 #9C51E5

square

#E55251 #9AE551 #51E4E5 #9C51E5

split-complementary

#E55251 #51E59C #519AE5

monochromatic

#A31918 #D82220 #E55251 #ED8786 #F5BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E55251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#E55251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55251

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55251	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3053

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.183 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58a82',
    500: '#e55251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55251;
$custom-light: #f58a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.405,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63715,
    "c": 0.18301,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55251

secondary

#ADE5E5

accent

#D5D60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55251

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

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