#E5555A#E5555A

#E5555A is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.179 H 21.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5555A
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 90)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 56.14, 27.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 62.47, 26.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.1663 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.179 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4106, 23.8982, 12.3137)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5555A #55E5E0

analogous

#E555A2 #E5555A #E59855

triadic

#E5555A #5AE555 #555AE5

tetradic

#E5555A #A2E555 #55E5E0 #9855E5

square

#E5555A #A2E555 #55E5E0 #9855E5

split-complementary

#E5555A #55E598 #55A2E5

monochromatic

#A6191E #DB2228 #E5555A #ED8A8E #F5BFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E5555A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#E5555A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5555A

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5555A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5555A	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#7A7359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5555a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.179 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b88',
    500: '#e5555a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5555a;
$custom-light: #f48b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5555a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64223,
    "c": 0.17892,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5555A

secondary

#B0E6E4

accent

#D6CF10

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5555A

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

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