#E55557#E55557

#E55557 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.179 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55557
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, 55.95, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 63.05, 27.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% 0.1651 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.179 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2855, 23.8482, 11.6548)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55557 #55E5E3

analogous

#E5559F #E55557 #E59B55

triadic

#E55557 #57E555 #5557E5

tetradic

#E55557 #9FE555 #55E5E3 #9B55E5

square

#E55557 #9FE555 #55E5E3 #9B55E5

split-complementary

#E55557 #55E59B #559FE5

monochromatic

#A6191B #DB2224 #E55557 #ED8A8B #F5BFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E55557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#E55557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55557

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55557	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3657

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.179 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b86',
    500: '#e55557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55557;
$custom-light: #f48b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64169,
    "c": 0.17921,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55557

secondary

#B0E6E5

accent

#D6D310

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55557

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

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