#E55659#E55659

#E55659 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.178 H 22.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55659
RGB	rgb(229, 86, 89)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, 55.65, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 62.37, 26.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.1645 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.178 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4476, 24.0399, 12.1175)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55659 #56E5E2

analogous

#E556A1 #E55659 #E59B56

triadic

#E55659 #59E556 #5659E5

tetradic

#E55659 #A1E556 #56E5E2 #9B56E5

square

#E55659 #A1E556 #56E5E2 #9B56E5

split-complementary

#E55659 #56E59B #56A1E5

monochromatic

#A71A1D #DC2226 #E55659 #ED8B8D #F5C0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#E55659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#E55659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55659

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55659	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 86, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.178 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c88',
    500: '#e55659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55659;
$custom-light: #f48c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.741,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64324,
    "c": 0.17794,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55659

secondary

#B1E6E5

accent

#D5D110

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55659

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

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