#E5555B#E5555B

#E5555B is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.179 H 21.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5555B
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 91)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(358, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 56.21, 26.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 62.29, 25.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.1666 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.179 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4535, 23.9154, 12.5394)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5555B #55E5DF

analogous

#E555A3 #E5555B #E59755

triadic

#E5555B #5BE555 #555BE5

tetradic

#E5555B #A3E555 #55E5DF #9755E5

square

#E5555B #A3E555 #55E5DF #9755E5

split-complementary

#E5555B #55E597 #55A3E5

monochromatic

#A6191F #DB2229 #E5555B #ED8A8E #F5BFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E5555B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#E5555B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5555B

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5555B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5555B	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)

#7A735A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5555b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.179 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b89',
    500: '#e5555b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5555b;
$custom-light: #f48b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5555b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64241,
    "c": 0.17884,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5555B

secondary

#B0E6E3

accent

#D6CD10

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5555B

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

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