#E55551#E55551

#E55551 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.180 H 25.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55551
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, 55.59, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 64.34, 30.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.1629 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.18 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0505, 23.7542, 10.4170)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E55551 #51E1E5

analogous

#E55197 #E55551 #E59F51

triadic

#E55551 #51E555 #5551E5

tetradic

#E55551 #97E551 #51E1E5 #9F51E5

square

#E55551 #97E551 #51E1E5 #9F51E5

split-complementary

#E55551 #51E59F #5197E5

monochromatic

#A31C18 #D82520 #E55551 #ED8986 #F5BDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E55551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E55551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55551

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55551	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)

#7B724F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.180 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b82',
    500: '#e55551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55551;
$custom-light: #f48b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64067,
    "c": 0.17995,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55551

secondary

#ADE3E5

accent

#D1D60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55551

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

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