#E55657#E55657

#E55657 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.178 H 23.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55657
RGB	rgb(229, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(360, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(360, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 55.53, 29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 62.77, 27.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% 0.1638 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.178 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3648, 24.0067, 11.6812)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55657 #56E5E4

analogous

#E5569F #E55657 #E59C56

triadic

#E55657 #57E556 #5657E5

tetradic

#E55657 #9FE556 #56E5E4 #9C56E5

square

#E55657 #9FE556 #56E5E4 #9C56E5

split-complementary

#E55657 #56E59C #569FE5

monochromatic

#A71A1B #DC2223 #E55657 #ED8B8C #F5C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E55657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#E55657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55657

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55657	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)

#7B7356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.178 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c86',
    500: '#e55657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55657;
$custom-light: #f48c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.58,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64288,
    "c": 0.17815,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55657

secondary

#B1E6E6

accent

#D5D410

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55657

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

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