#E5555C#E5555C

#E5555C is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.179 H 20.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5555C
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 92)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, 56.28, 26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 62.11, 25.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.167 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.179 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4969, 23.9327, 12.7681)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5555C #55E5DE

analogous

#E555A4 #E5555C #E59655

triadic

#E5555C #5CE555 #555CE5

tetradic

#E5555C #A4E555 #55E5DE #9655E5

square

#E5555C #A4E555 #55E5DE #9655E5

split-complementary

#E5555C #55E596 #55A4E5

monochromatic

#A61920 #DB222B #E5555C #ED8A8F #F5BFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E5555C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#E5555C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5555C

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5555C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5555C	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A735B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5555c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.179 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b8a',
    500: '#e5555c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5555c;
$custom-light: #f48b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5555c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6426,
    "c": 0.17876,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5555C

secondary

#B0E6E3

accent

#D6CC10

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5555C

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

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