#E55554#E55554

#E55554 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.180 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55554
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 84)
HSL	hsl(0, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 55.77, 30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 63.67, 28.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.164 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.18 24)
XYZ	xyz(37.1655, 23.8002, 11.0226)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55554 #54E4E5

analogous

#E5549C #E55554 #E59E54

triadic

#E55554 #54E555 #5554E5

tetradic

#E55554 #9CE554 #54E4E5 #9E54E5

square

#E55554 #9CE554 #54E4E5 #9E54E5

split-complementary

#E55554 #54E59E #549CE5

monochromatic

#A51A19 #DB2321 #E55554 #ED8A89 #F5BFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#E55554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E55554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55554

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55554	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.180 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b84',
    500: '#e55554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55554;
$custom-light: #f48b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.414,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64117,
    "c": 0.17955,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.23795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55554

secondary

#AFE5E6

accent

#D4D610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55554

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

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