#E5554D#E5554D

#E5554D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.181 H 26.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5554D
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 77)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(3, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 66.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 55.36, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 65.28, 32.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64% 0.1614 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.181 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9049, 23.6959, 9.6502)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5554D #4DDDE5

analogous

#E54D91 #E5554D #E5A14D

triadic

#E5554D #4DE555 #554DE5

tetradic

#E5554D #91E54D #4DDDE5 #A14DE5

square

#E5554D #91E54D #4DDDE5 #A14DE5

split-complementary

#E5554D #4DE5A1 #4D91E5

monochromatic

#A01F17 #D6291F #E5554D #ED8882 #F5BBB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#E5554D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#E5554D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5554D

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5554D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5554D	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)

#7B724B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5554d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.181 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58b7f',
    500: '#e5554d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5554d;
$custom-light: #f58b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5554d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64004,
    "c": 0.18054,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5554D

secondary

#AAE1E4

accent

#E7F137

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5554D

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

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