#E55852#E55852

#E55852 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.177 H 25.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E55852
RGB	rgb(229, 88, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, 54.36, 32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 63.30, 30.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.1592 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.177 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3295, 24.2517, 10.6964)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E55852 #52DFE5

analogous

#E55295 #E55852 #E5A152

triadic

#E55852 #52E558 #5852E5

tetradic

#E55852 #95E552 #52DFE5 #A152E5

square

#E55852 #95E552 #52DFE5 #A152E5

split-complementary

#E55852 #52E5A1 #5295E5

monochromatic

#A41E19 #D92821 #E55852 #ED8B87 #F5BFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#E55852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#E55852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E55852

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E55852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E55852	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)

#7D7450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB3A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e55852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 88, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.177 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f48d83',
    500: '#e55852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e55852;
$custom-light: #f48d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e55852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64446,
    "c": 0.1767,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E55852

secondary

#AEE3E5

accent

#CED610

background

#FFF8F8

surface

#FFF0EF

border

#D7CBCA

text

#180D0A

muted

#867D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E55852

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

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