#E5535A#E5535A

#E5535A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.181 H 21.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5535A
RGB	rgb(229, 83, 90)
HSL	hsl(357, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 56.99, 26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 63.06, 25.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.1689 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.181 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2554, 23.5878, 12.2620)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5535A #53E5DE

analogous

#E553A3 #E5535A #E59553

triadic

#E5535A #5AE553 #535AE5

tetradic

#E5535A #A3E553 #53E5DE #9553E5

square

#E5535A #A3E553 #53E5DE #9553E5

split-complementary

#E5535A #53E595 #53A3E5

monochromatic

#A51920 #DA212A #E5535A #ED888D #F5BDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E5535A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#E5535A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5535A

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5535A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5535A	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5535a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 83, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.181 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a88',
    500: '#e5535a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5535a;
$custom-light: #f48a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5535a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.123,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63988,
    "c": 0.18106,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5535A

secondary

#AEE5E3

accent

#D6CC10

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5535A

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

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