#E5535D#E5535D

#E5535D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.181 H 19.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5535D
RGB	rgb(229, 83, 93)
HSL	hsl(356, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(356, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.73, 57.19, 25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.73, 62.54, 23.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% 0.1701 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.181 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3857, 23.6399, 12.9481)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5535D #53E5DB

analogous

#E553A6 #E5535D #E59253

triadic

#E5535D #5DE553 #535DE5

tetradic

#E5535D #A6E553 #53E5DB #9253E5

square

#E5535D #A6E553 #53E5DB #9253E5

split-complementary

#E5535D #53E592 #53A6E5

monochromatic

#A51922 #DA212E #E5535D #ED888F #F5BDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#E5535D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E5535D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5535D

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5535D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5535D	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5535d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 83, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.181 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a8a',
    500: '#e5535d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5535d;
$custom-light: #f48a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5535d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.89,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64044,
    "c": 0.18087,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5535D

secondary

#AEE5E2

accent

#D6C810

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5535D

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

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