#E55655#E55655

#E55655 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.178 H 24.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55655
RGB	rgb(229, 86, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 55.40, 30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 63.18, 28.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% 0.163 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.178 24)
XYZ	xyz(37.2842, 23.9745, 11.2568)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55655 #55E4E5

analogous

#E5559C #E55655 #E59E55

triadic

#E55655 #55E556 #5655E5

tetradic

#E55655 #9CE555 #55E4E5 #9E55E5

square

#E55655 #9CE555 #55E4E5 #9E55E5

split-complementary

#E55655 #55E59E #559CE5

monochromatic

#A61A19 #DB2322 #E55655 #ED8B8A #F5C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E55655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#E55655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55655

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55655	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 86, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.178 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c85',
    500: '#e55655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55655;
$custom-light: #f48c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.417,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64253,
    "c": 0.17838,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.23969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55655

secondary

#B0E5E6

accent

#D4D610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55655

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

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