#E55552#E55552

#E55552 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.180 H 24.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55552
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(1, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 55.65, 31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 64.11, 29.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.1633 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.18 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0883, 23.7693, 10.6160)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55552 #52E2E5

analogous

#E55299 #E55552 #E59E52

triadic

#E55552 #52E555 #5552E5

tetradic

#E55552 #99E552 #52E2E5 #9E52E5

square

#E55552 #99E552 #52E2E5 #9E52E5

split-complementary

#E55552 #52E59E #5299E5

monochromatic

#A41B19 #D92421 #E55552 #ED8987 #F5BEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E55552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#E55552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55552

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55552	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)

#7B7251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F914E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.180 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b82',
    500: '#e55552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55552;
$custom-light: #f48b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.224,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64083,
    "c": 0.17981,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55552

secondary

#AEE4E5

accent

#D2D610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55552

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

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