#E55755#E55755

#E55755 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.177 H 24.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55755
RGB	rgb(229, 87, 85)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 54.97, 30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 62.91, 29.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.1617 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.177 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3646, 24.1353, 11.2836)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55755 #55E3E5

analogous

#E5559B #E55755 #E59F55

triadic

#E55755 #55E557 #5755E5

tetradic

#E55755 #9BE555 #55E3E5 #9F55E5

square

#E55755 #9BE555 #55E3E5 #9F55E5

split-complementary

#E55755 #55E59F #559BE5

monochromatic

#A61B19 #DB2422 #E55755 #ED8B8A #F5C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E55755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#E55755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55755

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55755	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 87, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.177 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c85',
    500: '#e55755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55755;
$custom-light: #f48c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.833,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64374,
    "c": 0.17733,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55755

secondary

#B0E5E6

accent

#D3D610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55755

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

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