#E5555E#E5555E

#E5555E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.179 H 20.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5555E
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 94)
HSL	hsl(356, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 56.41, 25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 61.77, 24.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.1678 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.179 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5855, 23.9682, 13.2346)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5555E #55E5DC

analogous

#E555A6 #E5555E #E59455

triadic

#E5555E #5EE555 #555EE5

tetradic

#E5555E #A6E555 #55E5DC #9455E5

square

#E5555E #A6E555 #55E5DC #9455E5

split-complementary

#E5555E #55E594 #55A6E5

monochromatic

#A61922 #DB222D #E5555E #ED8A90 #F5BFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#E5555E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#E5555E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5555E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5555E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5555E	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)

#79735D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3859

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5555e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.179 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b8b',
    500: '#e5555e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5555e;
$custom-light: #f48b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5555e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64298,
    "c": 0.17863,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5555E

secondary

#B0E6E2

accent

#D6C910

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5555E

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

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