#E55850#E55850

#E55850 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.177 H 26.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55850
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 54.24, 33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 63.77, 31.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.1584 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.177 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2545, 24.2217, 10.3014)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55850 #50DDE5

analogous

#E55093 #E55850 #E5A250

triadic

#E55850 #50E558 #5850E5

tetradic

#E55850 #93E550 #50DDE5 #A250E5

square

#E55850 #93E550 #50DDE5 #A250E5

split-complementary

#E55850 #50E5A2 #5093E5

monochromatic

#A22018 #D82A20 #E55850 #ED8B85 #F5BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E55850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#E55850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55850

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55850	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#7D744E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.177 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d81',
    500: '#e55850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55850;
$custom-light: #f48d81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.221,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64414,
    "c": 0.17701,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55850

secondary

#ACE2E5

accent

#CCD60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55850

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

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