#E5556E#E5556E

#E5556E is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.179 H 13.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5556E
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 110)
HSL	hsl(350, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(350, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 52%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 57.61, 16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 59.85, 15.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% 0.1739 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.179 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3793, 24.2857, 17.4154)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5556E #55E5CC

analogous

#E555B6 #E5556E #E58455

triadic

#E5556E #6EE555 #556EE5

tetradic

#E5556E #B6E555 #55E5CC #8455E5

square

#E5556E #B6E555 #55E5CC #8455E5

split-complementary

#E5556E #55E584 #55B6E5

monochromatic

#A61932 #DB2242 #E5556E #ED8A9B #F5BFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E5556E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#E5556E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E5556E

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5556E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5556E	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77756E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C926B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93D5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5556e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.179 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38c97',
    500: '#e5556e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5556e;
$custom-light: #f38c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5556e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64638,
    "c": 0.17867,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5556E

secondary

#B0E6DC

accent

#D6B310

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0D

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5556E

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

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