#E55457#E55457

#E55457 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.180 H 22.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55457
RGB	rgb(229, 84, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 56.38, 28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 63.34, 27.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1665 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.18 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2073, 23.6918, 11.6287)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55457 #54E5E2

analogous

#E554A0 #E55457 #E59A54

triadic

#E55457 #57E554 #5457E5

tetradic

#E55457 #A0E554 #54E5E2 #9A54E5

square

#E55457 #A0E554 #54E5E2 #9A54E5

split-complementary

#E55457 #54E59A #54A0E5

monochromatic

#A5191C #DB2125 #E55457 #ED898B #F5BEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E55457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E55457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55457

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55457	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 84, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.180 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b86',
    500: '#e55457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55457;
$custom-light: #f48b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.759,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6405,
    "c": 0.18027,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55457

secondary

#AFE6E4

accent

#D6D210

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55457

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

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