#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
RGBrgb(229, 85, 80)
HSLhsl(2, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(2, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 62.9%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(55.83, 55.53, 32.94)
CIE-LCHlch(55.83, 64.57, 30.68°)
OKLaboklab(64.05% 0.1625 0.0776)
OKLCHoklch(64.05% 0.18 25.5)
XYZxyz(37.0133, 23.7393, 10.2210)
Luminance0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##E555501.003.655.755.75
#FFFFFF3.651.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7521.001.001.00
##0000005.7521.001.001.00

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

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#E55550 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva