#E55257#E55257

#E55257 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.182 H 22.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55257
RGB	rgb(229, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, 57.21, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 63.90, 26.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.1691 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.182 22)
XYZ	xyz(37.0543, 23.3858, 11.5777)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55257 #52E5E0

analogous

#E552A0 #E55257 #E59652

triadic

#E55257 #57E552 #5257E5

tetradic

#E55257 #A0E552 #52E5E0 #9652E5

square

#E55257 #A0E552 #52E5E0 #9652E5

split-complementary

#E55257 #52E596 #52A0E5

monochromatic

#A4191D #D92127 #E55257 #ED878B #F5BCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#E55257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#E55257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55257

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55257	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.182 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a86',
    500: '#e55257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55257;
$custom-light: #f48a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.959,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63818,
    "c": 0.18237,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.23381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55257

secondary

#AEE5E3

accent

#D6CF10

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55257

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

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