#E55353#E55353

#E55353 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.182 H 23.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55353
RGB	rgb(229, 83, 83)
HSL	hsl(0, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 56.55, 30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 64.44, 28.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.1663 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.182 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9714, 23.4741, 10.7661)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55353 #53E5E5

analogous

#E5539C #E55353 #E59C53

triadic

#E55353 #53E553 #5353E5

tetradic

#E55353 #9CE553 #53E5E5 #9C53E5

square

#E55353 #9CE553 #53E5E5 #9C53E5

split-complementary

#E55353 #53E59C #539CE5

monochromatic

#A51919 #DA2121 #E55353 #ED8888 #F5BDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#E55353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#E55353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55353

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55353	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E914F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 83, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.182 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a83',
    500: '#e55353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55353;
$custom-light: #f48a83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63864,
    "c": 0.18174,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55353

secondary

#AEE5E5

accent

#D6D610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55353

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

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