#E55555#E55555

#E55555 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.179 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55555
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 55.83, 30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 63.46, 28.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% 0.1644 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.179 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2049, 23.8159, 11.2304)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E55555 #55E5E5

analogous

#E5559D #E55555 #E59D55

triadic

#E55555 #55E555 #5555E5

tetradic

#E55555 #9DE555 #55E5E5 #9D55E5

square

#E55555 #9DE555 #55E5E5 #9D55E5

split-complementary

#E55555 #55E59D #559DE5

monochromatic

#A61919 #DB2222 #E55555 #ED8A8A #F5BFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E55555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#E55555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55555

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55555	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#7A7354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.179 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b85',
    500: '#e55555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55555;
$custom-light: #f48b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64134,
    "c": 0.17943,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55555

secondary

#B0E6E6

accent

#D6D610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55555

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

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