#E55357#E55357

#E55357 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.181 H 22.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55357
RGB	rgb(229, 83, 87)
HSL	hsl(358, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 56.80, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 63.62, 26.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.1678 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.181 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1303, 23.5377, 11.6030)
Luminance	0.2353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55357 #53E5E1

analogous

#E553A0 #E55357 #E59853

triadic

#E55357 #57E553 #5357E5

tetradic

#E55357 #A0E553 #53E5E1 #9853E5

square

#E55357 #A0E553 #53E5E1 #9853E5

split-complementary

#E55357 #53E598 #53A0E5

monochromatic

#A5191D #DA2126 #E55357 #ED888B #F5BDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#E55357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#E55357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55357

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55357	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 83, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.181 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a86',
    500: '#e55357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55357;
$custom-light: #f48a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.356,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63933,
    "c": 0.18132,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55357

secondary

#AEE5E4

accent

#D6D010

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55357

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

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