#E55656#E55656

#E55656 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.178 H 23.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55656
RGB	rgb(229, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 55.46, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 62.97, 28.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% 0.1634 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.178 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3242, 23.9905, 11.4675)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55656 #56E5E5

analogous

#E5569E #E55656 #E59E56

triadic

#E55656 #56E556 #5656E5

tetradic

#E55656 #9EE556 #56E5E5 #9E56E5

square

#E55656 #9EE556 #56E5E5 #9E56E5

split-complementary

#E55656 #56E59E #569EE5

monochromatic

#A71A1A #DC2222 #E55656 #ED8B8B #F5C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E55656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#E55656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55656

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55656	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.178 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c85',
    500: '#e55656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55656;
$custom-light: #f48c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6427,
    "c": 0.17826,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55656

secondary

#B1E6E6

accent

#D5D510

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180C0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55656

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

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