#E55561#E55561

#E55561 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.178 H 18.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55561
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 97)
HSL	hsl(355, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(355, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 56.62, 23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 61.30, 22.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% 0.1689 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.178 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7227, 24.0231, 13.9574)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55561 #55E5D9

analogous

#E555A9 #E55561 #E59155

triadic

#E55561 #61E555 #5561E5

tetradic

#E55561 #A9E555 #55E5D9 #9155E5

square

#E55561 #A9E555 #55E5D9 #9155E5

split-complementary

#E55561 #55E591 #55A9E5

monochromatic

#A61925 #DB2231 #E55561 #ED8A92 #F5BFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E55561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#E55561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55561

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55561	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)

#797361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D925D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA395A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.178 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c8d',
    500: '#e55561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55561;
$custom-light: #f48c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64357,
    "c": 0.17849,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55561

secondary

#B0E6E1

accent

#D6C510

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55561

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

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