#E55550#E55550

#E55550 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.180 H 25.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55550
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 55.53, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 64.57, 30.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.1625 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.18 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0133, 23.7393, 10.2210)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E55550 #50E0E5

analogous

#E55096 #E55550 #E59F50

triadic

#E55550 #50E555 #5550E5

tetradic

#E55550 #96E550 #50E0E5 #9F50E5

square

#E55550 #96E550 #50E0E5 #9F50E5

split-complementary

#E55550 #50E59F #5096E5

monochromatic

#A21D18 #D82620 #E55550 #ED8985 #F5BDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E55550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E55550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55550

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55550	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.180 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f58b81',
    500: '#e55550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55550;
$custom-light: #f58b81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.013,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64051,
    "c": 0.18009,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55550

secondary

#ACE3E5

accent

#D0D60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55550

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

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