#E55456#E55456

#E55456 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.180 H 23.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55456
RGB	rgb(229, 84, 86)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 56.31, 29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 63.54, 27.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.1661 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.18 23)
XYZ	xyz(37.1668, 23.6756, 11.4150)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55456 #54E5E3

analogous

#E5549F #E55456 #E59B54

triadic

#E55456 #56E554 #5456E5

tetradic

#E55456 #9FE554 #54E5E3 #9B54E5

square

#E55456 #9FE554 #54E5E3 #9B54E5

split-complementary

#E55456 #54E59B #549FE5

monochromatic

#A5191B #DB2124 #E55456 #ED898B #F5BEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E55456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#E55456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55456

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55456	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)

#7A7255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 84, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.180 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b85',
    500: '#e55456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55456;
$custom-light: #f48b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.172,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64033,
    "c": 0.18037,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.23671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55456

secondary

#AFE6E5

accent

#D6D310

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55456

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

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