#E55851#E55851

#E55851 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.177 H 26.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55851
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 81)
HSL	hsl(3, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 54.30, 32.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 63.53, 31.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% 0.1588 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.177 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2917, 24.2366, 10.4974)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55851 #51DEE5

analogous

#E55194 #E55851 #E5A251

triadic

#E55851 #51E558 #5851E5

tetradic

#E55851 #94E551 #51DEE5 #A251E5

square

#E55851 #94E551 #51DEE5 #A251E5

split-complementary

#E55851 #51E5A2 #5194E5

monochromatic

#A31F18 #D82920 #E55851 #ED8B86 #F5BEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E55851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E55851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55851

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55851	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D744F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.177 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d82',
    500: '#e55851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55851;
$custom-light: #f48d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.838,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6443,
    "c": 0.17686,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55851

secondary

#ADE2E5

accent

#CDD60F

background

#FFF8F7

surface

#FFF0EE

border

#D7CBC9

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55851

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

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