#E55350#E55350

#E55350 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.182 H 24.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55350
RGB	rgb(229, 83, 80)
HSL	hsl(1, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, 56.38, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 65.10, 30.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% 0.1652 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.182 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8580, 23.4288, 10.1692)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55350 #50E2E5

analogous

#E55097 #E55350 #E59D50

triadic

#E55350 #50E553 #5350E5

tetradic

#E55350 #97E550 #50E2E5 #9D50E5

square

#E55350 #97E550 #50E2E5 #9D50E5

split-complementary

#E55350 #50E59D #5097E5

monochromatic

#A21B18 #D82420 #E55350 #ED8785 #F5BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E55350 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#E55350 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55350

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55350	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55350	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	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)

#7A714F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E914C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55350;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 83, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.182 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58a81',
    500: '#e55350',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55350;
$custom-light: #f58a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55350",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.208,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63815,
    "c": 0.18213,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55350

secondary

#ACE4E5

accent

#D2D60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55350

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

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