#E55559#E55559

#E55559 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.179 H 22.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55559
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 56.08, 27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 62.66, 26.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.1659 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.179 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3683, 23.8813, 12.0911)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55559 #55E5E1

analogous

#E555A1 #E55559 #E59955

triadic

#E55559 #59E555 #5559E5

tetradic

#E55559 #A1E555 #55E5E1 #9955E5

square

#E55559 #A1E555 #55E5E1 #9955E5

split-complementary

#E55559 #55E599 #55A1E5

monochromatic

#A6191D #DB2227 #E55559 #ED8A8D #F5BFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#E55559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#E55559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55559

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55559	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.179 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b88',
    500: '#e55559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55559;
$custom-light: #f48b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64204,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55559

secondary

#B0E6E4

accent

#D6D010

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55559

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

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