#E55356#E55356

#E55356 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.181 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55356
RGB	rgb(229, 83, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 56.73, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 63.82, 27.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.92% 0.1674 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(63.92% 0.181 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0897, 23.5215, 11.3893)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55356 #53E5E2

analogous

#E5539F #E55356 #E59953

triadic

#E55356 #56E553 #5356E5

tetradic

#E55356 #9FE553 #53E5E2 #9953E5

square

#E55356 #9FE553 #53E5E2 #9953E5

split-complementary

#E55356 #53E599 #539FE5

monochromatic

#A5191C #DA2125 #E55356 #ED888A #F5BDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E55356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#E55356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55356

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55356	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 83, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.181 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a85',
    500: '#e55356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55356;
$custom-light: #f48a85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.767,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63916,
    "c": 0.18142,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55356

secondary

#AEE5E4

accent

#D6D210

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55356

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

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