#E5535E#E5535E

#E5535E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.181 H 19.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5535E
RGB	rgb(229, 83, 94)
HSL	hsl(355, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(355, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 57.25, 24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 62.38, 23.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.1705 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.181 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4302, 23.6577, 13.1829)
Luminance	0.2365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5535E #53E5DA

analogous

#E553A7 #E5535E #E59153

triadic

#E5535E #5EE553 #535EE5

tetradic

#E5535E #A7E553 #53E5DA #9153E5

square

#E5535E #A7E553 #53E5DA #9153E5

split-complementary

#E5535E #53E591 #53A7E5

monochromatic

#A51923 #DA212F #E5535E #ED8890 #F5BDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E5535E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E5535E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5535E

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5535E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5535E	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#78725D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D915A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5535e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 83, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.181 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48a8b',
    500: '#e5535e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5535e;
$custom-light: #f48a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5535e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.479,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64064,
    "c": 0.18082,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5535E

secondary

#AEE5E1

accent

#D6C710

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5535E

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

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