#E55572#E55572

#E55572 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.179 H 11.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55572
RGB	rgb(229, 85, 114)
HSL	hsl(348, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(348, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 57.94, 13.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 59.61, 13.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.1754 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.179 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6020, 24.3748, 18.5884)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55572 #55E5C8

analogous

#E555BA #E55572 #E58055

triadic

#E55572 #72E555 #5572E5

tetradic

#E55572 #BAE555 #55E5C8 #8055E5

square

#E55572 #BAE555 #55E5C8 #8055E5

split-complementary

#E55572 #55E580 #55BAE5

monochromatic

#A61936 #DB2247 #E55572 #ED8A9E #F5BFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#E55572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#E55572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55572

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55572	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B926F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F93E60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 85, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.179 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f38c9a',
    500: '#e55572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55572;
$custom-light: #f38c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64733,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55572

secondary

#B0E6DB

accent

#D6AE10

background

#FFF8F9

surface

#FFF0F2

border

#D7CBCC

text

#180D0E

muted

#867D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55572

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

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