#E55253#E55253

#E55253 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.183 H 23.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55253
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(360, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(360, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 56.97, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 64.71, 28.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.1676 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.183 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8954, 23.3222, 10.7408)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55253 #52E5E4

analogous

#E5529C #E55253 #E59A52

triadic

#E55253 #53E552 #5253E5

tetradic

#E55253 #9CE552 #52E5E4 #9A52E5

square

#E55253 #9CE552 #52E5E4 #9A52E5

split-complementary

#E55253 #52E59A #529CE5

monochromatic

#A4191A #D92122 #E55253 #ED8788 #F5BCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#E55253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#E55253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55253

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55253	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)

#797152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.183 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58a83',
    500: '#e55253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55253;
$custom-light: #f58a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.592,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63748,
    "c": 0.18278,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55253

secondary

#AEE5E5

accent

#D6D510

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55253

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

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