#E5556D#E5556D

#E5556D is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.179 H 13.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5556D
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 109)
HSL	hsl(350, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(350, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 57.53, 16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 59.93, 16.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.1735 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.179 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3252, 24.2640, 17.1303)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5556D #55E5CD

analogous

#E555B5 #E5556D #E58555

triadic

#E5556D #6DE555 #556DE5

tetradic

#E5556D #B5E555 #55E5CD #8555E5

square

#E5556D #B5E555 #55E5CD #8555E5

split-complementary

#E5556D #55E585 #55B5E5

monochromatic

#A61931 #DB2240 #E5556D #ED8A9B #F5BFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E5556D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E5556D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5556D

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5556D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5556D	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77756D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C926A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5556d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.179 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38c96',
    500: '#e5556d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5556d;
$custom-light: #f38c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5556d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64615,
    "c": 0.17861,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5556D

secondary

#B0E6DD

accent

#D6B510

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0D

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5556D

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

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