#E55255#E55255

#E55255 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.183 H 22.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55255
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 57.09, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 64.30, 27.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% 0.1684 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.183 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9737, 23.3536, 11.1533)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55255 #52E5E2

analogous

#E5529E #E55255 #E59952

triadic

#E55255 #55E552 #5255E5

tetradic

#E55255 #9EE552 #52E5E2 #9952E5

square

#E55255 #9EE552 #52E5E2 #9952E5

split-complementary

#E55255 #52E599 #529EE5

monochromatic

#A4191B #D92124 #E55255 #ED8789 #F5BCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#E55255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#E55255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55255

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55255	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.183 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a85',
    500: '#e55255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55255;
$custom-light: #f48a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.776,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63782,
    "c": 0.18256,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55255

secondary

#AEE5E4

accent

#D6D210

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55255

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

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