#E55751#E55751

#E55751 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.178 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55751
RGB	rgb(229, 87, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 54.73, 32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 63.80, 30.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% 0.1602 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.178 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2102, 24.0735, 10.4702)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55751 #51DFE5

analogous

#E55195 #E55751 #E5A151

triadic

#E55751 #51E557 #5751E5

tetradic

#E55751 #95E551 #51DFE5 #A151E5

square

#E55751 #95E551 #51DFE5 #A151E5

split-complementary

#E55751 #51E5A1 #5195E5

monochromatic

#A31E18 #D82820 #E55751 #ED8A86 #F5BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#E55751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#E55751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55751

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55751	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#7C734F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 87, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.178 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c82',
    500: '#e55751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55751;
$custom-light: #f48c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.432,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64308,
    "c": 0.17788,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55751

secondary

#ADE3E5

accent

#CED60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55751

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

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