#E5555F#E5555F

#E5555F is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.179 H 19.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5555F
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 95)
HSL	hsl(356, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 56.48, 24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 61.61, 23.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.1682 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.179 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6306, 23.9862, 13.4725)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E5555F #55E5DB

analogous

#E555A7 #E5555F #E59355

triadic

#E5555F #5FE555 #555FE5

tetradic

#E5555F #A7E555 #55E5DB #9355E5

square

#E5555F #A7E555 #55E5DB #9355E5

split-complementary

#E5555F #55E593 #55A7E5

monochromatic

#A61923 #DB222E #E5555F #ED8A91 #F5BFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E5555F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#E5555F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5555F

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5555F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5555F	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79735E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA385A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5555f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.179 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48b8c',
    500: '#e5555f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5555f;
$custom-light: #f48b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5555f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.833,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64317,
    "c": 0.17858,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5555F

secondary

#B0E6E2

accent

#D6C810

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5555F

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

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