#E55563#E55563

#E55563 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.178 H 18.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55563
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 99)
HSL	hsl(354, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(354, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 56.77, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 61.01, 21.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% 0.1697 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.178 18)
XYZ	xyz(37.8172, 24.0608, 14.4548)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55563 #55E5D7

analogous

#E555AB #E55563 #E58F55

triadic

#E55563 #63E555 #5563E5

tetradic

#E55563 #ABE555 #55E5D7 #8F55E5

square

#E55563 #ABE555 #55E5D7 #8F55E5

split-complementary

#E55563 #55E58F #55ABE5

monochromatic

#A61927 #DB2234 #E55563 #ED8A94 #F5BFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E55563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#E55563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55563

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55563	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787463

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D925F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA395B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.178 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c8f',
    500: '#e55563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55563;
$custom-light: #f48c8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64397,
    "c": 0.17842,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.24056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55563

secondary

#B0E6E0

accent

#D6C210

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180C0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55563

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

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