#E55759#E55759

#E55759 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.177 H 22.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55759
RGB	rgb(229, 87, 89)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, 55.22, 28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 62.08, 27.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.1632 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.177 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5280, 24.2007, 12.1443)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55759 #57E5E3

analogous

#E557A0 #E55759 #E59C57

triadic

#E55759 #59E557 #5759E5

tetradic

#E55759 #A0E557 #57E5E3 #9C57E5

square

#E55759 #A0E557 #57E5E3 #9C57E5

split-complementary

#E55759 #57E59C #57A0E5

monochromatic

#A81A1C #DD2225 #E55759 #ED8C8D #F5C1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#E55759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#E55759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55759

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55759	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)

#7B7458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA3A59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 87, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.177 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48c88',
    500: '#e55759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55759;
$custom-light: #f48c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.155,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64444,
    "c": 0.17687,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55759

secondary

#B2E6E5

accent

#D5D310

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0B

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55759

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

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