#E55661#E55661

#E55661 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.177 H 19.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55661
RGB	rgb(229, 86, 97)
HSL	hsl(355, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(355, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 56.20, 23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 60.99, 22.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% 0.1676 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.177 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8020, 24.1816, 13.9839)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55661 #56E5DA

analogous

#E556A8 #E55661 #E59356

triadic

#E55661 #61E556 #5661E5

tetradic

#E55661 #A8E556 #56E5DA #9356E5

square

#E55661 #A8E556 #56E5DA #9356E5

split-complementary

#E55661 #56E593 #56A8E5

monochromatic

#A71A25 #DC2230 #E55661 #ED8B93 #F5C0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E55661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#E55661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55661

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55661	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E925D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 86, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.177 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c8d',
    500: '#e55661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55661;
$custom-light: #f48c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64475,
    "c": 0.17737,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55661

secondary

#B1E6E2

accent

#D5C610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0F0

border

#D7CBCB

text

#180D0C

muted

#867D7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55661

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

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