#E55560#E55560

#E55560 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.179 H 19.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55560
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 96)
HSL	hsl(355, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(355, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 56.55, 24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 61.45, 23.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.1686 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.179 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6764, 24.0045, 13.7134)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E55560 #55E5DA

analogous

#E555A8 #E55560 #E59255

triadic

#E55560 #60E555 #5560E5

tetradic

#E55560 #A8E555 #55E5DA #9255E5

square

#E55560 #A8E555 #55E5DA #9255E5

split-complementary

#E55560 #55E592 #55A8E5

monochromatic

#A61924 #DB2230 #E55560 #ED8A92 #F5BFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E55560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#E55560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55560

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55560	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)

#79735F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D925C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA395A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.179 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c8d',
    500: '#e55560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55560;
$custom-light: #f48c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.417,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64337,
    "c": 0.17853,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55560

secondary

#B0E6E2

accent

#D6C610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55560

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

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