#E55256#E55256

#E55256 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.182 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55256
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 57.15, 29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 64.10, 26.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% 0.1687 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.182 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0137, 23.3696, 11.3640)
Luminance	0.2336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55256 #52E5E1

analogous

#E5529F #E55256 #E59752

triadic

#E55256 #56E552 #5256E5

tetradic

#E55256 #9FE552 #52E5E1 #9752E5

square

#E55256 #9FE552 #52E5E1 #9752E5

split-complementary

#E55256 #52E597 #529FE5

monochromatic

#A4191C #D92126 #E55256 #ED878A #F5BCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#E55256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#E55256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55256

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55256	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)

#787155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.182 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a85',
    500: '#e55256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55256;
$custom-light: #f48a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.367,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.638,
    "c": 0.18247,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55256

secondary

#AEE5E4

accent

#D6D110

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55256

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

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